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Someone on another thread (where an intel/amd flamewar has hopefully been extingished) mildly questioned whether dual core issues belong in this form. A very good question indeed. Do they?
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I vote they are allowed. 2 cores is basically 2 processors. they can set affinity to processes just like their big brothers. I say let them in!
=ACID RAIN= said:I think they belong in both sections.
Under linux there are very few differences in a kernel for DC and a kernel for dual CPU. Both are compiled as SMP. In the POST of an award-based single socket motherboard, they are listed as ",2 CPUs". Affinity is a common concern, and programs will be coded the same to handle 2 CPUs or 2 cores. SMP is SMP, and this is no different.
However, some people will ask for help in the single CPU section, so I think that it doesn't matter. Just help whoever asks, whereever they ask it.
Good point, but we are talking about two physical cores as opposed to virtual, the main difference being in the way the two cores are linked. I don't think anything should be set in stone in terms of which section they belong in, is all I'm saying. Whether we like it or not, people will come here mistakenly for DC support. I just think we should help them out and not care about which section it's in.Mr. $T$ said:That's from a software standpoint, true it compiles as SMP but so does Hyperthreading and that's not SMP, heck why not add Hyperthreading to it also?