Subject: Re: MP Duh's
To: D. E. Evans <sinuhe@xmission.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/10/2003 08:42:00
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 05:01:36PM -0700, D. E. Evans wrote:

 > How does this compare with the HT 3.06 from Intel?  From your 
 > description, it sounds like NetBSD would handle this chip 
 > through the MP kernel?

Yes, the hyperthreaded (sometimes also called "SMT") Xeon processors
appear as multiple physical processors to the kernel.  However, you
may need to use ACPI to configure HT rather than MPBIOS, and the ACPI
processor configuration code may still have some bugs to shake out.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>