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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:23:46 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual or Quad CPU complications?
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:12:18 -0800
Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've only ever used systems with a single CPU.  I'm looking for a new
> host for a dedicated server (suggestions?) and it looks like I'll
> probably choose a machine with two or four CPUs.  What sort of
> complications does that add to set up and/or maintenance with Gentoo?

No complication.

Configure CONFIG_SMP in the the kernel for multicore.
Everything else is transparent.

Cores make threads work better, so you'd want to investigate if
USE="threads" is useful for you.


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com