Subject: Re: Hyperthreading?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/21/2003 11:31:50
In article <86634305-EBA9-11D7-82A5-000A957650EC@wasabisystems.com>,
	Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> 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.

While this is true for a dual Xeon HT system (where the scheduler could
end up leaving a physical CUP unused) I don't see how that could affect
a P4 HT system because there is only one physical CPU anyway.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/