Subject: Re: Hyperthreading?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/20/2003 13:32:16
On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 11:19  AM, Simon Burge wrote:

> Right now that box is running with HT disabled, since I figured the
> "extra" CPUs weren't worth it.

The real issue is that the scheduler needs to be aware of HTT in order 
to make effective use of it.  Just treating it as a normal second CPU 
will actually make the situation worse.

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