091108 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 07 November 2009 19:51:10 Philip Webb wrote: >> Also, there's a reference in a Gentoo Wiki article to hyperthreading, >> which advises to configure multiple processing into the kernel. >> Is this correct ? Is it safe ? > Be very careful with hyperthreading. It looked like a good idea at the time > and didn't really work out in practice. > There's a reason why so many CPUs these days are multi-core.
Yes, it doesn't seem correct to enable SMP on a 1-core CPU. > The signal-to-noise ratio is gentoo-wiki > is nowhere near as high as some folks think. It can't be as bad as the Forum (grin). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
