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Re: [LUG] PI Os upgrade

 

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On 22/02/15 11:21, jay bennie wrote:
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 22 Feb 2015, at 10:44, Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Got a new Pi and just wondering if sticking the old (ubu) OS in
>> it will it get upgraded to MP or do I have to start again? Tom te
>> tom te tom
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> i might be wrong on this but when arm chips are multi core, they
> really mean, the nth cores just a programable coprocessors? ie its
> single core with an accelarator cores for specific functions? much
> like offloading to a gpu but its more general purpose.
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The GNU / Linux supports SMP anyway.  You may be able to see if the
kernel has been compiled so that it automatically picks up and uses
the multiple cores.

http://www.raspberrypirobot.com/how-to-compile-kernel/

has a guide to recompile the kernel

This is the topic for the next Exeter linux user group meeting so
check out their website for more info.

Paul

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