My laptop has a Core 2 Duo P8600 (from the "Penryn" model family at Intel) with 2.40 GHz. There are other options available, and you should check your own type:
# grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
You see two lines because it is a dual core processor.
In order to get the most out of your CPU, check your kernel configuration for the following:
Processor type and features --->
[*] Tickless System (Dynamic Ticks)
...
[*] Symmetric multi-processing support
...
(2) Maxumum number of CPUs
[ ] SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support
[*] Multi-core scheduler support
...
< > Dell laptop supportAs you can see, I did not activate Dell laptop support. Anybody knows, with which models this actually makes sense?
On the other hand I activated the "tickless system" option. This reduces the power consumption.
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