On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 19:29, Samuel Flory wrote: > 2)The OS is aware which of the logical cpus belong to which proccessors, > and try to schedule jobs on different physical cpu where possible. This > works with newer 2.5 kernels. Not only that, but also scheduling related processes (threads) in the same physical processor to take advantage from resources shared by the threads. In the end, it is multi-threaded apps that benefit the most from hyperthreading technology. Cheers, -- Javier Gostling Av. Kennedy 5757, of. 1502 Ingeniero de Sistemas Las Condes, Santiago, Chile Virtualia S.A. Fono: +56 (2) 202-6264 x 130 jgostling@xxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +56 (2) 342-8763 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list