From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265433AbTFMQZz (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:25:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265434AbTFMQZz (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:25:55 -0400 Received: from zcars04e.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.56]:2722 "EHLO zcars04e.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265433AbTFMQZx (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:25:53 -0400 Message-ID: <3EE9FE49.2090905@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:39:37 -0400 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: Chris Friesen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Xeon processors &&Hyper-Threading References: <3EE9FDFA.6020803@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com