Re: Which is the right Kernel Image for Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2210
On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 07:48:32AM -0400, Don Hayward wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Siju George wrote:
>
> >===========================================================================
> >websrv-1:~# apt-cache search kernel-image | grep amd64
> >kernel-image-2.6-amd64-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on
> >generic x86_64 systems - transition package
> >kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on
> >AMD64 systems - transition package
> >kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on
> >>>>>>>>AMD64 SMP systems - transition package <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >==================================================================
>
> It's a transition package -- being phased out in favor of the one you
> already have -- they point to the same kernel image.
>
The new standard kernels can tell if they're running on an SMP and use
it. If not, they don't.
Doug.
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