AMD64 X2 and SMP kernel
Hi folks-- I'm thinking of building a dream machine based on an AMD64 X2 4800+. I looked around on the internet to confirm Linux compatibility and it seems that a lot of people have hit snags getting an SMP kernel onto one. I'm not sure if this is a chipset problem (nforce vs kt800) or something else. It's a good thing I looked before I leaped on this. Has anyone here had any good experiences with an X2 CPU? What motherboard? TIA... :)
jerry bookter wrote:
Hi folks--
I'm thinking of building a dream machine based on an AMD64 X2 4800+. I looked around on the internet to confirm Linux compatibility and it seems that a lot of people have hit snags getting an SMP kernel onto one. I'm not sure if this is a chipset problem (nforce vs kt800) or something else.
It's a good thing I looked before I leaped on this. Has anyone here had any good experiences with an X2 CPU? What motherboard? TIA... :)
-Asus A8V Deluxe, Bios 1013, ADM 4400X2, 2*512MB Ram + last SMP-Kernel from 9.3 + scsi controller (DC390U4) + 2 SCSI HD + 2IDE HD runs fine, except some system freeze with vsftpd; solved with an add-on NIC (DL2000) and Marvell Chip disabled; -Also installed 10.0.RC1 on the same hardware; no trouble at installation time, but not tested further... I'm planning to install the AMD4400 on a TYAN Tomcat K8E, but not ordered yet.. hth fabrice
--- fabrice piccini
-Asus A8V Deluxe, Bios 1013, ADM 4400X2, 2*512MB Ram + last SMP-Kernel from 9.3 + scsi controller (DC390U4) + 2 SCSI HD + 2IDE HD runs fine, except some system freeze with vsftpd; solved with an add-on NIC (DL2000) and Marvell Chip disabled; -Also installed 10.0.RC1 on the same hardware; no trouble at installation time, but not tested further... I'm planning to install the AMD4400 on a TYAN Tomcat K8E, but not ordered yet..
hth fabrice
Thanks.... After doing a bit more digging I learned that the upcoming 10.0 should have full SMP support for the X2s (from what I understand 9.3 does not out of the box; though a new kernel can of course be compiled-- I have obviously not tested this), so I may hold off until next month. Maybe the prices will go down by then too. Thanks again.
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
jerry bookter
Thanks.... After doing a bit more digging I learned that the upcoming 10.0 should have full SMP support for the X2s (from what I understand 9.3 does not out of the box; though a new kernel can of course be compiled-- I have obviously not tested this), so I may hold off until next month. Maybe the prices will go down by then too.
Allo, After having problems installing a smp 64-bit version with SuSE 9.3 I tried 10.0 RC1. Installs fine right from scratch. X86_64 smp all the way. Sure, since it's a RC, fonts are not nice, lots of packages are missing, but from the AMD dual core perspective it looks very much promising. Cheers, Al
On Friday 16 September 2005 23:36, jerry bookter wrote:
Thanks.... After doing a bit more digging I learned that the upcoming 10.0 should have full SMP support for the X2s (from what I understand 9.3 does not out of the box;
It should work with 9.3 too, possibly using an update kernel. But of course 10.0 isn't a bad choice. -Andi
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