[NMLUG] Using SMP kernel with single CPU?

[sbrowne at ix.netcom.com (Steve Browne)]

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:53:59 -0600, you wrote:

>Brian Gonzales spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
>> Is it true you can't buy standard Athlons for a smp setup... that they
>> must be especially for dual processor use?
>
>Yes and no.  There are ways to make the XPs work in an MP setup.  
>
>http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/pcextreme/page_316.shtml
>
>Personally though, the MPs are cheap enough to not bother with the XP hacks
>any more.  Not to mention that the Athlon MPs in an SMP setup only have 1
>channel of memory to share.  It becomes a pretty big bottle neck if you're
>doing mem intesive stuff.
>
>I'd really rather be running a dual Opteron setup, with two channels of ram
>per proc.

Sure. We'd all rather be running 64-bit SMP systems. It's a question
of economics. I keep my "cutting edge" a year or two behind the times
so I don't pay any ridiculous premiums.

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
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