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rdking

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From: Halifax NS

Registered: 2005-04-14

Posts: 114

dual core

does anything in terms of kernel, or kernel configuring have to be changed when using dual core chipsets (64 bit)...such as a SMP kernel?

Or with the standard kernel and settings am I efectively utilizing my chipset?

skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: dual core

The standard kernel works perfectly with multi-core processors.

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: dual core

Do you see 2 Arch logos on bootup? If so, you're using both cores.
You may also want to simply edit your MAKEFLAGS to 'j3' in makepkg.conf, for reducing compile times.

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bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: dual core

Do you see 2 Arch logos on bootup? If so, you're using both cores.

Awww jeez, I was wondering for quite a while why the heck there are two logos...

And of course: 'uname -a' gives
Linux aconcagua 2.6.24-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 24 12:40:16 CET 2008 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Ink-Jet

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From: London

Registered: 2008-03-27

Posts: 64

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Re: dual core

What does the SMP aprt of uname -a mean?

Multi Processor?

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: dual core

Ink-Jet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric_multiprocessing