On 28-Jun-2002 John David Duncan wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I just installed 4.6-RELEASE on a dual 1.8Mhz Xeon + Tyan S2720
> motherboard (a Relion 140 server from Penguin Computing, actually).
> When I reboot with an SMP kernel, I see:
>
> CPU: Pentium 4 (2199.76-Mhz 686-class CPU)
> CPU: Pentium 4 (2199.76-Mhz 686-class CPU)
> CPU: Pentium 4 (2199.76-Mhz 686-class CPU)
> CPU: Pentium 4 (2199.76-Mhz 686-class CPU)
> SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
> SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
> SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
>
> That's twice as many CPUs as I think I have, each going 400Mhz faster. Is
> this safe? Correct? Is it that hyperthreading stuff? Should I disable
> it?
Yes, it is HT and it should work fine. Let us know if there are any
problems.
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