Hi Lucas,
On a dual Xeon 3.0 Ghz:
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Which shows a decrease in performance. Could this have anything to do with the fact that is is a dual processor box?
Maybe. But my 3Gh P4/HT is also detected as a dual processor machine (Kernel 2.6), so it might be a general problem with the Xeon?
Hi Mark,
No,the reason that you see 2 times as many processors as really are installed is the hyperthreading feature of the Xeon (see http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/article/02/02/25/020225plxeon_1.html)
I turned it off (in the BIOS). The machine I tested on has 2 (pysical) processors installed. Turning on or off does not influence the pystone number significantly..
Regards, Lucas
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