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Re: Should one CPU(Hyper-Threading) machine install SMP kernel?



On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 14:01 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, James He wrote:
> > Should one CPU(Hyper-Threading) machine use SMP kernel, or stick to a
> > regular kernel?
> 
> It depends:
>  - If it is a 2.4 kernel, don't bother. Use an UP kernel.

what's an UP kernel? 

>  - If it is a recent 2.6 kernel, it depends on the workload. Try it,
>    and do some measurements.
> 
> -- 
>   "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
>   them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
>   where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
>   Henrique Holschuh
> 
> 
-- 
Michael Bane
Atmospheric Physics Group
University of Manchester



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