Re: Fwd: AMD x2 chips

[email protected] wrote:
> I am considering getting a AMD x2 based machine and was
> wondering if people could confirm that 
> if i installed the 64bit of RHEL the system would be
> recognized as a dual system and not just a single core
> system

>From the standpoint of not only the APIC, but even the HyperTransport
interconnect, you have _two_physical_ processors.  No "fancy
bridging" or anything is required for AMD Athlon64 x2 or Opteron xx5
products, the actual interconnects are to _two_different_, _physical_
ICs.  In fact, because of how AMD's Hammer designs work with
HyperTransport, putting the L2 cache or memory interconnect on the
CPU IC is _optional_.

In the newer Linux/x86-64 kernels, there's is no "separate" MP kernel
at all.


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