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From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
To: Joe <joeja@mindspring.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Xeon  processors &&Hyper-Threading
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:39:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EE9FE49.2090905@nortelnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3EE9FDFA.6020803@mindspring.com

Joe wrote:

> I'm not asking if Linux can RUN the Xeon processor.
> 
> I'm asking if Linux processor takes any advantage of the Hyper-Threading 
> built into this processor?

The kernel has full support for hyperthreading.  Be aware however that it 
doesn't always buy you any performance gain and can actually result in 
performance decrease.

Chris

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-13 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-13 16:38 Xeon processors &&Hyper-Threading Joe
2003-06-13 16:39 ` Chris Friesen [this message]
2003-06-13 16:45 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-06-14 13:50   ` Mark Watts
2003-06-16 21:49     ` James Cleverdon
2003-06-14 18:32   ` Joe
2003-06-14 19:08     ` Joe

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