suitable kernel for amd64

[Sylvain Girard]

The topic there was: *Optimized kernel builds: the straight dope*

On 8/31/06, Sylvain Girard <girard.sylvain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I read a conversation about this topic on the developer list. I believe
> they're planning on dropping brand specific kernel, because the performance
> gains/losses are not noticable in everyday use. So if you use a 386, 686 or
> k7 kernel, there should be no problem.
>
>
> On 8/31/06, Luqman <luqman_ngs at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > > Felipe Alfaro Solana wanted us to know:
>
> >> Currently, I am running kernel-image-2.6.15.25-386 on my laptop with
> with AMD
> >> Turion64 X2 processor. This kernel is per default shipped with
> >> Ubuntu6.06 to make it work on any x386 processor. It, naturally, does
> >> not support dual processors.
> >
> >If you want support for two processors do:
> >
> >sudo apt-get install linux-686-smp (this kernel does support SMP)
>
> Well, I am a bit confused after your suggestion. I thought
> linux-image-2.6.15.x-686 were meant to be specified for
> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
> Processors.
> >
> >If you want full 64-bit support, download the Ubuntu Linux
> >distribution for AMD64 processors. This distribution comes with a
> >64-bit kernel for your machine.
>
> No, I don't want 64-bit support. It won't pay off for me. But I want
> dual processors support.
>
> Question) Is the k7 linux-image from Ubuntu just a normal kernel-image
> or does Ubuntu patch it's kernels before releasing?
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Luqman
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Sylvain Girard

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