Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 01:02:38 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hyperthreading Message-ID: <3EFD4B9E.85A20B31@mindspring.com> References: <20030627181836.GA81335@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <20030627233912.GA90348@gforce.johnson.home>
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Glenn Johnson wrote: > Thanks. I had read the smp manual page. I know _how_ to enable HTT; I > was wondering whether I _should_ enable it. It seems the answer is that > it is not beneficial in its current state because the scheduler does not > yet differentiate between physical and logical processors. Windows does a lot better on the SPECmarks benchmark if you *disable* it. Your mileage may vary, but to me it has always seemed like "Computer Marketecture"... -- Terry
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