On Monday 29 December 2003 11:27 am, Steven Nelson wrote: > Hi, based on the replies you all sent I have a couple questions. I write > them in order, based on the importance or being more likely to be or fix > the problem, 1- . One being the first concern. The questions are listed in > order of what needs to be done first, based on my judgement. > > 1.(3 questions) > I have read the information in your replies. The question I have is, is > there another way to enable hyper threading besides the using the smp > kernel or updating to 2.6 kernel? no, but is easier than you think. but does require a reboot, and reconfig of NVidia (if used) drivers. >Generally there are commands to enable > features like hyper threading. not like hyperthreading. > Are you sure there is not a command or > something like it? Also is there a command I can run from the command line > to make sure hyper threading is not enabled? ctrl+alt+ f2 will get you to a differnet console that should list the kernel used when it asks for a login, if it says smp,,, you are doing it. or you could as root in a text console do cat /proc/interrupts and it should list 2 cpus if you are using > I don't think it is, just to > be sure though (I didn't notice the penguins during installation). they do it durring boot up,,, and you should have an smp choice in the lilo or grub boot up screen,
> 2.(no questions) > I did not notice one or two penguins during the installation. what about boot up? > I also wrote > this above, although if there are any commands it would be helpful to be > 100% sure ht is enabled. I do not think it is. when you get it running,, let me know if you see any change in speed of any app. > 3.(3 questions) > If there is not a way to get hyper threading to work with the regular > kernel, is all that needs to be done is boot from the smp kernel? Will > booting from that kernel work? Is there anything else that needs to be done > to get hyperthreading enabled in Linux besides booting from the smp kernel? nope > 4.(2 questions) > I already installed the kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm, so if you > install 2.6 kernel the same way, it shouldn't be a problem. Would I need to > use the smp kernel? Would I need to configure it to enable hyper threading? not sure about 2.6 just yet,,, but you will _have_ to boot from an smp or enterprise kernel to see 2 cpus. period. > > From, > > Steven > > _________________________________________________________________ > Have fun customizing MSN Messenger — learn how here! > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_customize
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