Dual core AMDs (was Re: [Gllug] Recording Ogg streams?)

[John Hearns]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 20:20 +0100, John Winters wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 13:18 +0100, John Hearns wrote:
> > ps. if anyone else is as sad as I am, and such things interest them,
> > we have shipped dual core systems to customers.
> 
> Since you now have some experience, perhaps you can answer a question or
> two.
> 
> Do you need a new motherboard for a dual core processor, or will they go
> in an existing one with an appropriate socket?  
They just slot into the socket. No new motherboard needed.

> Does the BIOS need to be
> multi-core aware? 
I think some motherboards need a BIOS update. 
We haven't done any upgrades as yet - just new systems.
As usual, check with the manufacturers, YMMV, yada yada.


>  Does Linux just see the system as having two CPUs?
Yes, I just cat'ed /proc/cpuinfo on the earlier email.


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