Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Ingram
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 14:42, Sindre wrote: > > The BIOS is pre-OS, so that logo must be displayed by Windows. > > Your facts are right, but your conclusion is wrong, the bios is actually aware > if the last booted OS did use smp or not. > My quad cpu compaq report 3 of the cpus as failed if I reb

Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Ingram
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 14:29, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 07:59, Andrew Ingram wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 13:19, Greg Norris wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:09:18PM +0100, Andrew Ingram wrote: > [snip] > > Sounds easy enough! Might explain why my BIOS logo doesn't sport

Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Sindre
> The BIOS is pre-OS, so that logo must be displayed by Windows. Your facts are right, but your conclusion is wrong, the bios is actually aware if the last booted OS did use smp or not. My quad cpu compaq report 3 of the cpus as failed if I reboot after using a non-smp kernel, or 2 failed if I l

Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 07:59, Andrew Ingram wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 13:19, Greg Norris wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:09:18PM +0100, Andrew Ingram wrote: [snip] > Sounds easy enough! Might explain why my BIOS logo doesn't sport the > "HT" after a reboot of Linux, but does after a reboo

Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Ingram
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 13:19, Greg Norris wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:09:18PM +0100, Andrew Ingram wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if there is anything special I should enable in my > > kernel (or any other Debian configuration) to make the most out of an > > Intel P4 processor with HyperThrea

Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread gaspard
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Greg Norris wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:09:18PM +0100, Andrew Ingram wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if there is anything special I should enable in my > > kernel (or any other Debian configuration) to make the most out of an > > Intel P4 processor with HyperThreading?

Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Greg Norris
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:09:18PM +0100, Andrew Ingram wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is anything special I should enable in my > kernel (or any other Debian configuration) to make the most out of an > Intel P4 processor with HyperThreading? Just realised my kernel has SMP > disabled which m

Re: HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Dave Howorth
Andrew Ingram wrote: Can anyone tell me if there is anything special I should enable in my kernel (or any other Debian configuration) to make the most out of an Intel P4 processor with HyperThreading? Just realised my kernel has SMP disabled which might have been a mistake, but I can't find a defin

HyperThreading CPUs under Debian

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Ingram
Can anyone tell me if there is anything special I should enable in my kernel (or any other Debian configuration) to make the most out of an Intel P4 processor with HyperThreading? Just realised my kernel has SMP disabled which might have been a mistake, but I can't find a definitive answer by googl