Re: Optimum kernel for Xeon with em64t

[Jo Shields <Jo.Shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]

Simon Buchanan wrote:

> Hi There,
>
> I have a dual processor server with 2 x 2.8GHz processors which
> supports EM64T. Currently i am running kernel 2.6.8-9-em64t-p4-smp and
> a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" shows 4 processors (the 2 hyperthreaded
> processors).
>
> My question is: What is the optimum kernel to be running for my setup?
> Am i running the correct one?
>
> This is a mail server that has debian sarge installed and runs
> dbmail/amavis/postfix and supplies incoming and outgoing mail for our
> clients - is there even a reason here to run a EM64T kernel in this
> case?
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
No, you're not running the right kernel - 2.6.8-9 is very old, and has 
security flaws in it. If you stick with sarge, update your kernel to
kernel-image-2.6.8-12-em64t-p4-smp - or more generally, install the 
kernel-image-2.6-em64t-p4-smp metapackage