[ale] Hyperthreading

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Wed Apr 14 10:10:29 EDT 2004



Yup, and when you boot up on the new kernel you can "cat /proc/cpuinfo"
and it should report 2 procs.

Thus spake Jonathan Glass (jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu):

> On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 10:02, Mike Millson wrote:
> > I have a box with a P4 processor running Slackware 9.1. What do I need
> > to do to enable hyperthreading support? Do I just have to compile a
> > kernel with SMP support? Are there any other kernel options or config
> > changes I need to make? Does anyone know of any good articles or howtos
> > on configuring linux for hyperthreading?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Mike
> > 
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> You win the prize on the first toss.  Just recompile with SMP support,
> and enable HT in your BIOS, and voila!  Instant SMP machine.
> -- 
> Jonathan Glass
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> Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
> Georgia Institute of Technology
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