[CentOS] Old hardware, newer kernels
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Tue Sep 24 19:55:42 UTC 2013
On 09/19/2013 08:26 PM, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> It works for what it does. And I'm completely prepared to freeze it as far
> as software goes. I was just curious what may have happened after that
> particular version of the kernel, and whether there's something else I can
> do, or call it done, slap a red sticker on it that read, "DON'T EVER
> UPGRADE ANYMORE" and call it done.
>
For what it's worth, we have a single-core P3 running the latest
Centos6/32 without issue. I realize that from a processing power stand
point my SIP phone is probably faster, but like Ashley, it does a job
and very well at that. (network monitor)
[root at edison ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 7
model name : Pentium III (Katmai)
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 498.456
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov
pse36 mmx fxsr sse up
bogomips : 996.91
clflush size : 32
cache_alignment : 32
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:
[root at edison ~]# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.i686
(mockbuild at c6b10.bsys.dev.centos.org) (gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red
Hat 4.4.7-3) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Aug 28 14:27:42 UTC 2013
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