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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:06:24 -0800
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: AMD x2 questions

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Thanks, Tom, for those points you were able to
address.

--- Tom Brown wrote:

> "2x 1MB" means that there is a 1 MB cache for EACH
> of the processors. On the
> theory that more L2 cache is better, I would choose
> 2x 1MB over 2x 512 (KB).

That would be my assumption . . . but you know what
some folks like to remind us about assumptions. ;-)

> SMP support is included in eCS 2.0. It required an
> extra purchase for eCS 1.x.

> Dunno here. It might be related to general woes
> related to ACPI which, I
> believe, is a prerequisite for SMP. There are a
> number of switches for ACPI.PSD
> which I do not yet understand. ACPI is a moving
> target which I have not yet
> chosen to shoot at, although I do have one SMP
> capable system.

If Martin's (and your ?) experience is a good
indication, it looks to me as though the eCS installer
does not try to turn this on (or succeed in turning it
on) for an SMP-capable system . . . at least not by
default.

Jordan

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