Re: quad cores?

["Stephen Adler" <user=65@nabble.blu.org>]

 The reason I ask is not so much if SMP is supported or not, but all the 
crazy bridge bus chip sets, and interrupt controller chip sets etc. etc. 
When I got my Intel based Core 2 Duo system, (i.e. intel motherboard) 
there was an issue with the current version of the kernel and lack of 
support due to some chip set issue... I can't remember how I dealt with 
it, (some odd boot parameter option or something like that.) Has anyone 
had any experience using a core 2 quad? Is it worth the extra money? 

Cheers. Steve. 

Mark J. Dulcey wrote: 
> Stephen Adler wrote: 
>> Well, with all this VMWaring I've been doing on my desktop, I've come 
>> to realize that my 2.8GHz intel D (i.e. old style dual core) just 
>> doesn't seem to have the punch that my macbook (solid core 2 duo 
>> platform) has. So maybe it's time to upgrade. But as I go out and 
>> look around at the latest CPU's, I see that Intel is out with the 
>> core 2 quad! Any comments on this new processor? Do I have to run 
>> fedora core 8 on it or something like that? 
> 
> I would have thought that Fedora Core 4 would be enough :) 
> 
> Seriously, I don't believe there are any special distribution 
> requirements to get it to work. You have to run the SMP kernel, but 
> you already needed that to take advantage of your dual cores. 
>