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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:56:16 -0400
From: Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: SMP Kernel on non-SMP Machine
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Okay. In that case, if you decide to not use hyperthreading, you may want
>to use the non-smp kernel for a very marginal performance gain.
>
>There is not a separate source code for the SMP kernel. It is simply a build
>option.
>
>What VPN client are you trying to build? Is it the glue layer for the Cisco
>VPN client? If so, have you tried using the user-space and open source
>"vpnc" instead?
>
>--
>Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/>
>Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:56:16 -0400
From: Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: SMP Kernel on non-SMP Machine
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20060817025616.GA32025@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Okay. In that case, if you decide to not use hyperthreading, you may want
>to use the non-smp kernel for a very marginal performance gain.
>
>There is not a separate source code for the SMP kernel. It is simply a build
>option.
>
>What VPN client are you trying to build? Is it the glue layer for the Cisco
>VPN client? If so, have you tried using the user-space and open source
>"vpnc" instead?
>
>--
>Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/>
>Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
I am not too sure if I will see any difference with hyperthreading enabled/disabled since I am setting this up to do Java development while working at home. I think the only bottlenecks I will see is from the VPN connection as the traffic is routed around the state and back.
I thought there was one source code too but removing kernel-devel and installing kernel-smp-devel allowed me to compile and install the module.
I am using the Cisco VPN Client. I would like to get this working first before trying other alernatives so I know I can connect if I need to. One of the issues I have with the Cisco client is that it takes control of my network connection and ALL traffic must go through the VPN even if I want to access the Internet. This also blocks any local traffic.
Wes.
