On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 11:33:14PM -0300, Marcello Di Marino Azevedo wrote: > Probably you are tired to see tons of questions like this, but... > > I have two new servers coming for a critical mission application. My > question is simple, will sarge i386 port (32 bit only) runs fine under > an AMD64 X2? > > For example, if I install kernel 2.6.8-k7-smp it will see 2 CPUs? > > Which 32 bit kernel runs better under AMD64 architure, 686 or k7? > Well, the 686 kernel is for 686 CPUs (which the amd64 is not). Also, the k7 kernel is for 32 bit Athlon CPUs (which the amd64 is not). You need a k8 kernel, specifically. Of course, if you run a kernel with SMP enabled, and you have more than one processor, you will see more than one processer. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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