From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QPzlw-0005Xi-NR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 16:20:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 402FC1C0E0; Fri, 27 May 2011 16:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30C61C0E0 for ; Fri, 27 May 2011 16:18:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so1834202wwj.10 for ; Fri, 27 May 2011 09:18:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=MFEwSEOrqYDGum9Lwkl0tSoDGSHt/JUALoO++Y0Uekc=; b=m4cFGOgVwQZn5BainbkdaghZbowJiVzXBD2+Pfgw5fHscSalPYyNpyiQ1K6568Fv3b 6hqdafs1CtTBm4PoYuR3AoVFLrIBQw97AOBBX1FkJLMJBKtuVj5X3nRkgy2a2hitgNDq 3cG3c0KYAIcTK+ldwMnwYbV4cOQWNHtd5REjQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=TyViOur0TxfTRydpNlq4qG3tenEF15VVYhNnumyM+TI9cdzGq05qIErS08YUw04JjH EQdgPkcT9Kn1IjtwyjVclFOcftDGOd2z6zTsHpxw7tVEU3BUtw6fuFwhkC/rxl5zFAGQ RBYOuA+GkzbYUBGe0iCbwO+tIwudWEb2xjHBM= 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 Received: by 10.227.27.98 with SMTP id h34mr2195161wbc.113.1306513099992; Fri, 27 May 2011 09:18:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.154.75 with HTTP; Fri, 27 May 2011 09:18:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 09:18:19 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=002215b03d1638303104a44449ee X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 730dbe0f973c2f6f5267e9019cfdfb3d --002215b03d1638303104a44449ee Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On 27/5/2011, at 12:28am, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > ... > > * Two XEON chips. I didn't know it right away but that means 4 cores. > They are old Pentium IV-based 32-bit chips. I got the slowest still being > made, so the clock speed is 1.6 GHz. On 4 cores, it's not bad at all. > > I *think* at that age those may be single-core hyperthreading chips, which > would nevertheless show in (for instance) `top` as 4 cores. I won't swear to > this, though. > > Stroller. > > > Actually, you're right. I got two chips so I could work with "real" threads and thread control. The hyperthreading was a surprise, and might have done quite as well by themselves. Anyway, it still works fine and the only thing likely to make me upgrade is that the card slots are all PCI-X low voltage (extra cutout in the connector). As time goes on I'm going to want to add things, and I may wind up with a new mobo fairly soon. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD --002215b03d1638303104a44449ee Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Stroll= er <= stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

On 27/5/2011, at 12:28am, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> ...
> * Two XEON chips. =C2=A0I didn't know it right a= way but that means 4 cores. =C2=A0They are old Pentium IV-based 32-bit chip= s. =C2=A0I got the slowest still being made, so the clock speed is 1.6 GHz.= =C2=A0On 4 cores, it's not bad at all.

I *think* at that age those may be single-core hyperthreading chips, = which would nevertheless show in (for instance) `top` as 4 cores. I won'= ;t swear to this, though.

Stroller.


Actually, you're right.=C2=A0 I got two ch= ips so I could work with "real" threads and thread control.=C2=A0= The hyperthreading was a surprise, and might have done quite as well by th= emselves.=C2=A0 Anyway, it still works fine and the only thing likely to ma= ke me upgrade is that the card slots are all PCI-X low voltage (extra cutou= t in the connector).=C2=A0 As time goes on I'm going to want to add thi= ngs, and I may wind up with a new mobo fairly soon.


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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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