Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:08:48 -0700 | From | Joe <> | Subject | Re: Xeon processors &&Hyper-Threading |
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Don't linux vendors ship a variety of precompiled kernels to match the various hardware scenarios?
I'm trying to imagine why a customer would ever want or need to roll their own...
Joe
Joe wrote:
> Thanks, I was asked this by one of our clients, and told them that > they would probably have to recompile their kernel. > > Joe > > > Richard B. Johnson wrote: > >> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Joe wrote: >> >> >>> Does Linux support the Xeon (p4) processor and its capabilities? >>> >>> The company I work for recently ported its application to Linux and one >>> of our current HP clients asked this and I figure it would be just a >>> recompile the kernel as a P4, but not sure if this would do it. >>> >>> I'm not asking if Linux can RUN the Xeon processor. >>> >>> I'm asking if Linux processor takes any advantage of the >>> Hyper-Threading >>> built into this processor? >>> >>> below is a link to more info on this. >>> >>> http://www.intel.com/design/xeon/prodbref/ >>> >>> Joe >>> >> >> >> You recompile the kernel for SMP as well as P4. If the motherboard >> hasn't disabled HT capabilities, you will take full advantage of >> the processor under Linux. Whatever "full advantage" means, is >> not absolute, but whatever it is, will be used to its fullest. >> Basically, if the code is I/O bound, you'll not see any difference. >> If the code is compute-intensive, you will. >> >> Cheers, >> Dick Johnson >> Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). >> Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about >> it. >>
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