On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 19:25, Peter Larsen wrote: > On Monday, March 10, 2003 22:09 PM, > Michael Wardle <michael.wardle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 14:00, Saqib Ali wrote: > >> Does the latest Linux Kernel support Intel's new HyperThreading > >> processors? > > > > No, if I remember correctly, HT support is just going into the latest > > development kernel (2.5.x), which means that the current stable kernel > > (2.4.x) probably doesn't support it yet. > > What do you define as support? > I'm running Linux tintin 2.4.18-24.8.0smp #1 SMP Fri Jan 31 06:03:47 EST > 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux on a dual XEON with HT, and I do see 4 > processors that all get scheduled with processes. What am I missing? IIRC, there are NUMA-like processor affinities that can make the HT more effective, because it will try harder to keep a process on a single set of processors, which is faster within a single core than between different ones. Wil -- Wil Cooley wcooley@xxxxxxxxxxx Naked Ape Consulting http://nakedape.cc * * * * Linux, UNIX, Networking and Security Solutions * * * * QCSNet http://www.qcsn.com * * * * T1, Frame Relay, DSL, Dial-up, and Web Hosting * * * * * My GPG key recently expired. It's updated on the key * * servers. Please update if you're using GPG/PGP. *
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