APIC and Preemptive mode in Linux Kernel 2.6.5-1.315 ?

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Tue Apr 13 15:38:11 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 23:02, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are APIC and PREEMPTIVE MODE turned off for the kernel in FC2T2?

Depends. APIC is off in the UP kernels, on in the SMP kernels.
Preempt is off on all.

> If so, what is the performance impact with APIC off in dual processor
> box?

It's on in SMP.

> I guess a more general question is:
> Where is the reference on what features Fedora turns on in the kernel?

The config/ dir in the kernel srpm's.

	Dave





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