Hi! I have recently aquired a new machine which is a dual-AthlonMP based system, and I am very eager to try my first Gentoo installation on it. However, since Gentoo is all about maintaining speed and tidyness (that's the way I see it anyhow ;), I'd really like to be able to get all things optimized to run on a dual system from the get-go. I have looked around the website, and pondered into some mailinglists, but have come up short with information about x86 SMP systems. So I was wondering; does an SMP image exist, and if not: are there any plans on providing a SMP-enabled ISO? Since I can do some things myself, I'd like to know where on my system that I have to look in order to add variables to the compiler that will make the resulting binaries SMP-aware. I'd of course like to do this as early in the compilation stage as possible (that is, before compiling the compiler, obviously!) As you can see, I'd like to cut down the compilation stage significantly (or at least do my best to try to slice it down). :) Also, since I am fortunate enough to have a 3ware Escalade RAID-5 card in the same box, I'd like to know if the 3w-xxxx.o kernel module is included with Gentoo, since this is a slightly exotic card (although 3ware make their own Linux drivers, which have been present in the kernel since 2.2) (Yes, I intend to boot from this controller) I am eager to try on this new distribution. I have to say that from looking at your tidy and straight-to-the-point website (not forgetting the technical articles), aswell your background from using Amiga (and working at Psygnosis), that things look very promising. Keep up the great work. Best regards, Martin
