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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Subject: Re: What is needed to boot 2.6 on opteron dual core
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> Could you clarify that? I have to install one when it comes in to the 
> owner, and I'm not sure how you would do "runtime tuning" if it doesn't 
> boot. Did you mean boot parameters, BIOS diddling, or ???

What I meant to say is that all kernels should run on dual cores, but newer
ones likely have better performance. Nothing to do for the user.

-Andi