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091108 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Saturday 07 November 2009 19:51:10 Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> Also, there's a reference in a Gentoo Wiki article to hyperthreading, |
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>> which advises to configure multiple processing into the kernel. |
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>> Is this correct ? Is it safe ? |
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> Be very careful with hyperthreading. It looked like a good idea at the time |
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> and didn't really work out in practice. |
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> There's a reason why so many CPUs these days are multi-core. |
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Yes, it doesn't seem correct to enable SMP on a 1-core CPU. |
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> The signal-to-noise ratio is gentoo-wiki |
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> is nowhere near as high as some folks think. |
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It can't be as bad as the Forum (grin). |
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