[KLUG Members] SMP kernel for a single Xeon Processsor?

[Nikolas Reist]

I know with the AMD Athlon MP processor it's possible for it to simulate 
a dual processor.  You might read up on the Xeon and see if the same is 
true with that one.

Adam Williams wrote:

>>I read that it really doesn’t hurt a single CPU box to run a SMP kernel, but
>>there is some additional overhead when you do this.
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>Actually, rather little these days.  Gone are the big spinning locks.
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>>Since I don't have a clue how to run all those fancy benchmarking tests
>>people like Adam run, I really don’t know if I should be running the SMP
>>kernel on this box.
>>Anyone have experience with this?
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>You want the SMP kernel, or you'll loose alot of the hyperthreading
>advantages;  at least that what I was told.  Haven't looked into it much
>personally.  But it would be very interesting to see the effect of
>processor pinning on a hyperthreaded CPU,  just need more time....
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