[SLUG] SMP kernel?

2003-07-27 Thread Lyle Chapman 
I have a small question - I purchased a new machine on the weekend, P4 
3ghz with HT. Do I need to update my kernel to an SMP one to gain the 
use of hyper-threading?

thanks,

Lyle Chapman

Pre-Press Supervisor
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Re: [SLUG] SMP kernel?

2003-07-27 Thread Brett Fenton 
Having just been through this ... yes.

Recompile with SMP support and enable the Hyperthreading in BIOS if it's 
not already. The 2.4.21 kernel will be ok. You'll be able to then see 
both processors in /proc/cpuinfo

If you want to see both processors in top, you'll need to recompile the 
package that provides it from source.

Regards
Brett Fenton
Lyle Chapman wrote:
I have a small question - I purchased a new machine on the weekend, P4 
3ghz with HT. Do I need to update my kernel to an SMP one to gain the 
use of hyper-threading?

thanks,

Lyle Chapman

Pre-Press Supervisor
Torch Publishing Co.
www.torchpublishing.com.au
47 Allingham Street, Condell Park 2200, NSW, Australia
(02) Ph: 9795 
(02) Fax: 9795 0096
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Re: [SLUG] SMP kernel?

2003-07-27 Thread Andrew Fries 
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 09:04, Brett Fenton wrote:
> Having just been through this ... yes.
> 
> Recompile with SMP support and enable the Hyperthreading in BIOS if it's 
> not already. The 2.4.21 kernel will be ok. You'll be able to then see 
> both processors in /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> If you want to see both processors in top, you'll need to recompile the 
> package that provides it from source.

What options did you need to set or change when recompiling top? I'm
curious because when I had a real double processor system top displayed
both processors without the need for any intervention... also, what
about gkrellm then? Does it need to be recompiled as well?

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