On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 10:23:41AM +0800, GNUbie wrote: > I have an Intel Quad-Core Xeon E5320 processor running a Debian GNU/Linux > Etch and I am confused on two things mainly: > > [1] Do I need to re-compile a new kernel to support SMP? Currently, it's > running the stock linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 kernel.
You already show cpuinfo showing 4 cpu cores. Debian kernels support SMP by default on x86/amd64. > [2] I'm planning to install Xen on this machine so that I can create Xen > images where the real network services will run on these images. Do I need > to compile the newest version of Xen and related packages onto this machine > from its project page or re-compile the Debian GNU/Linux Etch's Xen sources > onto this machine or just use whatever is available from the Debian > GNU/Linux Etch repository? > > Basically, I want that my Xen images will see that they're also running on a > machine that comes with these four (4) processors and 4GB RAM. No idea if xen does XMP (Never worked with xen myself). I know vmware only very recently started doing SMP for virtual machines. It is certainly a very hard task to implement so I would not be surprised if xen does not do it, but then again maybe they really are that clever already. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
