kernel for AMD question
Hi list, i have an Athlon 600 Mhz (K7) When i do:
cat /proc/version Linux version 2.4.19-4GB (root@Athlon.suse.de) (gcc version 3.2) #1 Fri Sep 13 13:19:15 UTC 2002
uname -a Linux nainitaal 2.4.19-4GB #1 Fri Sep 13 13:19:15 UTC 2002 i686 unknown
is it correct that i have no AMD optimized kernel installed? If so would it be a big performance improvement to install one? If yes which one should i install? Greetings, Gert Caers
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On January 21, 2003 02:31 am, Gert Caers wrote:
is it correct that i have no AMD optimized kernel installed?
If you didn't compile it yourself, then yes. SuSE doesn't provide AMD optimized kernels.
If so would it be a big performance improvement to install one?
Yes, there is some performance improvement.
If yes which one should i install?
You need to compile it yourself. Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+LPiC3epPyyKbwPYRAn3NAJ4pnQ8a8+OzteS/TK1+pwDKPt4AAwCgv0L/ t4wg25i71okYx7u7GuMcnn0= =BweR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On January 21, 2003 02:36 am, Charles Philip Chan wrote:
If you didn't compile it yourself, then yes. SuSE doesn't provide AMD optimized kernels.
I typed too quickly here, by AMD I mean anything less than an Athelon such as K6, K6-II, K7, etc. Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+LXrP3epPyyKbwPYRAv0zAJ9K/3u2liR9AX2iVo9qFP6LzMCqfACeKZDq XMQN/EDEM7ovsucHcEdmTmY= =xEjM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On January 21, 2003 02:36 am, Charles Philip Chan wrote:
If you didn't compile it yourself, then yes. SuSE doesn't provide AMD optimized kernels.
I typed too quickly here, by AMD I mean anything less than an Athelon such as K6, K6-II, K7, etc.
i'd like to try it just fur the fun of it but can you point me to any resources that tell me which options to enable and which not for a K7? (i already had a look at LFS http://www.nl.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/intro.shtml for a general description and the kernel howto ) According to Anders Johansson i already have an optimized kernel: #>rpm -q k_athlon k_athlon-2.4.19-66 but if i understand this right this is optimized for modern Athlons. Thank you! Gert Caers
On Tuesday 21 January 2003 9:12 pm, Gert Caers wrote:
:> On January 21, 2003 02:36 am, Charles Philip Chan wrote: :> > If you didn't compile it yourself, then yes. SuSE doesn't provide AMD :> > optimized kernels. :> :> I typed too quickly here, by AMD I mean anything less than an Athelon :> such as K6, K6-II, K7, etc. : :i'd like to try it just fur the fun of it but can you point me to any :resources that tell me which options to enable and which not for a K7? :(i already had a look at LFS :http://www.nl.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/intro.shtml :for a general description and the kernel howto ) : :According to Anders Johansson i already have an optimized kernel: :#>rpm -q k_athlon :k_athlon-2.4.19-66 : :but if i understand this right this is optimized for modern Athlons.
When you do make menuconfig there is a specific option naming K7 for processor type (with linux 2.4.20) -- Richard Fletcher, Sheffield, UK.
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 22:18, Richard Fletcher wrote:
:i'd like to try it just fur the fun of it but can you point me to any :resources that tell me which options to enable and which not for a K7? :(i already had a look at LFS :http://www.nl.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/intro.shtml :for a general description and the kernel howto ) : :According to Anders Johansson i already have an optimized kernel: :#>rpm -q k_athlon :k_athlon-2.4.19-66 : :but if i understand this right this is optimized for modern Athlons.
When you do make menuconfig there is a specific option naming K7 for processor type (with linux 2.4.20)
A K7 is an Athlon. You can check which config options were set in the
SuSE default by looking at the file /proc/config.gz
Try this for instance
zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_MK7
If you get "CONFIG_MK7=y" then the kernel is already optimized for your
platform.
And yes, I know about zgrep, but for some reason that doesn't always
work on /proc/config.gz, at least not for me.
--
Anders Johansson
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On January 21, 2003 04:12 pm, Gert Caers wrote:
i'd like to try it just fur the fun of it but can you point me to any resources that tell me which options to enable and which not for a K7?
After looking through the menuconfig options, it seems like Athelon opts are for the k7, so you can just install the SuSE RPM. If you are interested in doing a recompile, the option is called "Processor Family" under "Processor Type and Features". Sorry for the confusion :-(. Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+LbsQ3epPyyKbwPYRAqeWAJ4scG67LLoZXeAQAZ/1Yj0itnVXcgCfepCD v2j1odb6extaAryWQnaSf4Y= =C4Xy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 08:31, Gert Caers wrote:
Hi list,
i have an Athlon 600 Mhz (K7)
When i do:
cat /proc/version Linux version 2.4.19-4GB (root@Athlon.suse.de) (gcc version 3.2) #1 Fri Sep 13 13:19:15 UTC 2002
uname -a Linux nainitaal 2.4.19-4GB #1 Fri Sep 13 13:19:15 UTC 2002 i686 unknown
is it correct that i have no AMD optimized kernel installed?
The build host is athlon.suse.de so chances are that you have the athlon optimized kernel installed, but just to make sure, do "rpm -q k_athlon". If you get something other than "not installed", then you are running the athlon kernel.
If so would it be a big performance improvement to install one? If yes which one should i install?
If you got "not installed" above, then k_athlon.rpm would be the kernel
to install.
--
Anders Johansson
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