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



On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, michael wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 08:10 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > Dick Davies wrote:
> > > > Yup, use SMP. I get 2 cpus in cpuinfo that way (although top doesn't
> > > > see them for some reason).
> 
> cpuinfo will tell you about the logical CPUs; top will tell you about
> the physical CPUs.

What is a logical CPU? If you mean the hyperthreaded cores, top DOES show
them separately. I can post a screenshot if you doubt it.

-- 
  "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



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