[LAT] Hyper Threading

[Jaromír Mikeš]

<  > While configuring new kernel should I check "yes" for SMP ?
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<  Disable it if you don't have a dual core and compile for your machine only.
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<  However there may be a few kernel features like HPET or SMT that depend
<  on SMP, `make menuconfig` will tell you about it.
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<  > (Symmetric multi-processing support )
<  > I have Pentium 4 with "Hyper threading"
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<  that's CONFIG_SCHED_SMT :
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<  SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
<  when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
<  cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
<  N here.
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Thanks that clear the things for me a bit.

Mira