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Re: Dual Xeon Kernel?



On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:38:43 +1300
Simon Buchanan <nmc@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> Hi There,
> 
> I am just about to install sarge onto a dual xeon (Nocona 800MHz FSB) 
> server... and just checking the kernel with 'atp-cache search 
> kernel-image'. Im wanting to use the 2.6 kernel... so would this be
> the correct kernel-image?:
> 
> kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8 on 
> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.

That will only use one of your CPUs. To take advantage of both
processors (and HyperThreading) you will want
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686-smp.

HTH,
Jacob



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