slightly OT: dual core <=> SMP

[Darryl Clarke]

On 4/20/06, NaGp <nagp.ubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is a dual core system equivalent to an SMP system?
> If such is the case, then should I be running an SMP kernel?
>
> If that is not the case, then how come an OS can exploit the power of a
> dual core processor?

Yes, it is treated as SMP.

This might be dapper specific (I forget, it's been so long since I
used breezy) but the Dapper Ubuntu kernels have SMP enabled by
default.

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