FC4 - What is smp kernel?

[Hoffmann]

--- Chris Ruprecht <chris at ruprecht.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 16:42 -0700, Hoffmann wrote:
> > Hi All;
> > 
> > When I installed FC4, I noticed that I have two
> > kernels: one of them is the 'normal' one, the
> other is
> > 'smp'. What is the difference, and which one
> should I
> > use? Should I uninstall one of them?
> > Thanks!
> > Hoffmann
> > 
> > 
> 
> Usually, the installer installs and shows the SMP
> kernels only if it
> detects multiple CPUs of some sort. If you have a
> newer machine with
> either more than one real CPU, a dual core CPU or a
> CPU with
> HyperThreading (HT) enabled.
> 
> If you have any of theose, no not remove the SMP
> kernel(s), otherwise
> you will only be able to use one of the CPUs.
> 
> To check if your system has more than one CPU, run
> 'top' and press the
> '1' button, that will show individual timings for
> each CPU.
> 
> Best regards,
> Chris
> 
> -- 
Hi Chris,

Many thanks for your explanation. Yes, my machine has
the new Intel D processor. It is a dual core
processor. Since I am a bit newbie on linux, I didn't
know what kernel-smp mean. Thanks to you and to other
people from this great list, now I know.
Many thanks, once again.
All the best,
Hoffmann


		
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