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Title: v5.6 and SMP support..
Post by: Rangler on January 17, 2003, 05:20:56 AM

Quic question as im just of out..
Does e-smith v5.6 support dual cpu's straight out of the box, i.e. without any hacking required.??
Just wondered as some kind chap has just gave me 2 xeon 550's :)

Thanks all..

Title: Re: v5.6 and SMP support..
Post by: Des Dougan on January 17, 2003, 06:04:20 AM

_All_ versions of Linux support multiple CPUs out of the box. If you install SME Server, at boot you will see a dialog for choosing single or SMP boot. By default, it will boot in SMP mode.

Des Dougan

Title: Re: v5.6 and SMP support..
Post by: Tom Veitch on January 17, 2003, 06:08:23 AM

Yes

Title: Re: v5.6 and SMP support..
Post by: Michael Arnold on January 17, 2003, 10:28:13 AM

Alle SME Versions older than 5.6 only Pentium III as SMP.
Newer Pentium IV and Xeon-CPUs only with Kernel 2.4. (SME 5.6) in SMP.Mode ( btw., Haperthreading, looks nice; 4 CPUs with two "newer" Xeons)
But you can use "newer CPUs" on every SME-Version in UP (Single-Processormode).
Greeting Michael

Title: Re: v5.6 and SMP support..
Post by: Rangler on January 17, 2003, 12:57:57 PM

Kewl, thanks all..
Carnt wait to see how this baby runs with 2 Xeon 550's and a gig of ram.
Next investment is a Highpoint raid controller methinks..
Thanks again one and all..

Title: Re: v5.6 and SMP support..
Post by: Gary Parker on January 24, 2003, 04:48:24 PM

> Alle SME Versions older than 5.6 only Pentium III as SMP.

Rubbish.....my 5.5 installation runs quite happily on two PentiumPros and there are quite a few other users on this forum with a similar setup.

G.