Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:02:52 +0200 From: "Jordi Carrillo" <jordilin@gmail.com> To: skylar@cs.earlham.edu Cc: backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com, Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz>, phoenix.lists@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP detection Message-ID: <94ff3700608310302n15217834icb82dc320480a330@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44F62CEE.9040202@cs.earlham.edu> References: <94ff3700608301020l34251166nbdb4d72842e1bb86@mail.gmail.com> <20060830181240.65785.qmail@web83106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <94ff3700608301302n13f9aabcs935fbe6403601d30@mail.gmail.com> <44F6036E.7050203@cs.earlham.edu> <1156982800.1017.37.camel@genius.i.cz> <44F62CEE.9040202@cs.earlham.edu>
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2006/8/31, Skylar Thompson <skylar@cs.earlham.edu>: > > Michal Mertl wrote: > > No! Kernel threads (e.g. handling interrupts) aren't that much different > > to normal processes. > > > > Logical CPUs on a single HTT capable CPU share most of the CPU logic, > > especially all the external stuff (handling interrupts). Scheduling > > handling of interrupts on the "secondary/logical" core wouldn't > > probably help performance at all (if that is at all possible). > > > > Could you clarify note 20031022 in /usr/src/UPDATING? It states that HTT > CPUs are used for interrupts if they are detected, even if they aren't > used by regular processes. Was this something that just showed up in > pre-6.x releases? > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@cs.earlham.edu) > -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/ > > > > > Another question that's wondering me is why FreeBSD with the SMP kernel the gnome system monitor (Applications->System Tools->System Monitor) only shows one CPU when Linux with a SMP kernel shows two CPUs -- http://jordilin.wordpress.com
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