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  1. 08-29-2007 #1
    diegoe
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    Quad Core Processor support



    Does fedora or Redhat Linux currently support quad core processors? If so, since what version?
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  2. 08-29-2007 #2
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    I know that the Linux kernel has supported dual processors since at least version 2.4 (perhaps 2.2, the SMP version), so I doubt you'll have issues with a quad-core. It will just show up as 4 CPUs. If I'm not mistaken, symmetric multi-processing support has been included by default as of kernel 2.6. I'm sure someone will jump in and correct me if that's not the case.
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  3. 08-30-2007 #3
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    CentOS 5 works well with quad-core processors, so latest RH and Fedora should work too.
    I don't know about earlier versions though.
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    The 2.6 kernel supports SMP and this should be taking are of multi-processor systems.
    Why don't you give it a try and setup linux on your quad processor system.
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