Hi all,
Is it ok to use the i686 kernel in an AMD Sempron or should I be using another?
regards tom
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 02:37 +1300, Tom wrote:
Is it ok to use the i686 kernel in an AMD Sempron or should I be using another?
The i686 kernel is fine. If you're looking for (small) speedups then you're better off rebuilding the glibc and openssl packages for athlon.
The Sempron is essentislly an Athlon XP processor, so I would use the Athlon kernel...
Pete
Tom wrote:
Hi all,
Is it ok to use the i686 kernel in an AMD Sempron or should I be using another?
regards tom
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Note: In some rare cases I have seen Athlon systems hang at boot on i686 kernels, and vice versa, this seems to be system board chipset related.....so don't take out any kernels you intend to replace until you have seen the system boot reliably..
P.
Peter Farrow wrote:
The Sempron is essentislly an Athlon XP processor, so I would use the Athlon kernel...
Pete
Tom wrote:
Hi all,
Is it ok to use the i686 kernel in an AMD Sempron or should I be using another?
regards tom
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Peter Farrow wrote:
The Sempron is essentislly an Athlon XP processor, so I would use the Athlon kernel...
Is it ok to use the i686 kernel in an AMD Sempron or should I be using another?
There is no Athlon kernel in CentOS4.... as Ignacio has pointed out, should you need that small performance boost, then build yourself.
If you are using CentOS3, then yes - use the Athlon kernel.
- KB
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Peter Farrow wrote:
The Sempron is essentislly an Athlon XP processor, so I would use the Athlon kernel...
Is it ok to use the i686 kernel in an AMD Sempron or should I be using another?
There is no Athlon kernel in CentOS4.... as Ignacio has pointed out, should you need that small performance boost, then build yourself.
If you are using CentOS3, then yes - use the Athlon kernel.
- KB
Ah yes, that's why I asked as I couldn't find an Athlon kernel for 4.1 :) Will there be one?
thanks for the help. tom
Tom wrote:
There is no Athlon kernel in CentOS4.... as Ignacio has pointed out, should you need that small performance boost, then build yourself.
Ah yes, that's why I asked as I couldn't find an Athlon kernel for 4.1 :) Will there be one?
No there wont be a Athlon kernel in CentOS4, do you run into problems with the i686 version ?
- K
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Tom wrote:
There is no Athlon kernel in CentOS4.... as Ignacio has pointed out, should you need that small performance boost, then build yourself.
Ah yes, that's why I asked as I couldn't find an Athlon kernel for 4.1 :) Will there be one?
No there wont be a Athlon kernel in CentOS4, do you run into problems with the i686 version ?
- K
Not really, runs fine on all the AMD's I've installed 4.1 on, I just thought it would be better with the correct kernel but it seems it doesn't really matter.
thanks tom
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 04:01 +1300, Tom wrote:
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Tom wrote:
There is no Athlon kernel in CentOS4.... as Ignacio has pointed out, should you need that small performance boost, then build yourself.
Ah yes, that's why I asked as I couldn't find an Athlon kernel for 4.1 :) Will there be one?
No there wont be a Athlon kernel in CentOS4, do you run into problems with the i686 version ?
- K
Not really, runs fine on all the AMD's I've installed 4.1 on, I just thought it would be better with the correct kernel but it seems it doesn't really matter.
thanks tom
Just for the record ... the upstream provider stopped building the "-- target athlon" kernel in EL4. Supposedly, the i686 target is now good for both i686 and athlon.
We just followed suit.
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