[WBEL-users] recommended rpm kernel package please!!!

Sudev Barar sudev@mantraonline.com
Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:08:57 +0530


On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 06:25, Paul Voccio wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I use a p4 with HT and use the smp kernel. It has no complaints however... 
> 
> I haven't benchmarked it so I can't give you any performance stats, but I know it recognizes I have 2 processors.
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> One of my clients recently acquired an hp ml110  small server..
> It has a P4 with HyperThreading . Any time I try to load the smp kernel, 
> it display some message complaining about problems with APIC , but the 
> machine seems to be working o.k.
> Wich kernel should i use, the smp enabled kernel or a regular, non-smp 
> aware kernel ??
> anyone have experience with HT under Linux? does it'll give a better 
> performance for a file server using nfs ?

Go to BIOS and disable APIC?? Does that help.
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Sudev Barar
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