From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F321381F3 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:38:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 130A321C019; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:38:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99F5E21C019 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:36:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23C7620839 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:36:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:36:48 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=S09wAYL5yCrCXReotXIREZGo uhQ=; b=fbOnxo2WnjfwquRZ2vfeuCvI7d7yTsoUn4A89/fFvgIyx2MKQMn8phZX YpDJYuTJmced2mZ3VD50eFUcEReeNbcGjccf8Wsr0pyoq4t0XIhkgkzVNtn5A9fv 9sDwjTrU3yxGVWCK0hEC+FtPRjN4s1DxLeVxboCKRagbZw6IYPY= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=S09w AYL5yCrCXReotXIREZGouhQ=; b=sRZH1PQQskIgOD+QkNdMyZW3hhpPS67/0wuO M6hO4svLojqW9UyJTC67apDwvlI8OlggJVwfyJpniUBVnT5d+ZHTmarxuDROXDTN 31wV81vmXuJgs+8pjONv+wD6CQGOZWHfBuJFMr42w4ApOSZBqXLHG11gG4vqBFRo 0EPBndc= X-Sasl-enc: crpUnM0NIEPDO6HlX81Zprk3e4KLszsTKvL0wMEo2hw9 1355384207 Received: from [192.168.5.18] (unknown [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 584844827B6 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:36:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <50C98588.9080409@binarywings.net> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:36:40 +0100 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.11) Gecko/20121130 Thunderbird/10.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dual or Quad CPU complications? References: <20121213082346.7b6bae37@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20121213082346.7b6bae37@khamul.example.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig951041222F042B7F974DB8B8" X-Archives-Salt: 70f63b2f-6f07-4011-b470-4236f56c699b X-Archives-Hash: af78b03d4d75053300cc315ce25ca62f This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig951041222F042B7F974DB8B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 13.12.2012 07:23, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:12:18 -0800 > Grant wrote: >=20 >> 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? >=20 > No complication. >=20 > Configure CONFIG_SMP in the the kernel for multicore. > Everything else is transparent. >=20 > Cores make threads work better, so you'd want to investigate if > USE=3D"threads" is useful for you. >=20 >=20 I think he's looking for advice on NUMA, not SMP. --------------enig951041222F042B7F974DB8B8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDJhY0ACgkQqs4uOUlOuU8aJQCdHx43GFpE9rUiMjGCNohAbcx8 pncAn015zdP2M7cTh3T+vDB1RiSQNVtB =Xli5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig951041222F042B7F974DB8B8--