Kernel for Intel EM64T with Hyperthreading

[Matt Patterson]

I am confused as to why you are using the amd kernel for an intel part. 
Is it because you want the 64 bit extension? Why not just run i686-smp 
and call it a day. From what I have read on this list the 64 bit 
extension to the kernel just causes extended pain.

Matt



David Heintz wrote:

>Hi,
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>I have tried three different kernels on my new system (based on a Intel P4 660 CPU):
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>1) i386
>2) amd64-generic 
>3) amd64-xeon
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>When looking in /proc/cpuinfo, the i386 gave the wrong CPU frequency (too low). Thus I changed to amd64-generic. Now I got the full frequency (3.6 GHz), but only one CPU showed (I was expecting two due to the hyperthreading). Finally I tried amd64-xeon and here I did get CPU0 and CPU1 listed correctly (at least I think so).
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>But is this OK? "xeon" sounds wrong! Should it not be any em64t-smp kernel for Ubuntu to install?
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>Regards,
>David
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