<div>Thanks </div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>"Ingles, Raymond" <Raymond.Ingles@compuware.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>> From: David Lane<BR><BR>> The other thing is that an OS might "see" 2 or 4 cpu's and use them but<BR>> slow down while waiting for a responce from a shadow of a CPU "thinking"<BR>> that it is a fully functionaly CPU. <BR><BR>http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html<BR><BR>Nope, the 2.6 kernel understands the difference between 'real' cores and<BR>'virtual' (hyperthreading) cores.<BR><BR>http://www.2cpu.com/articles/ht_linux/<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Ray Ingles (313) 227-2317<BR><BR>"[R]eading and critical thinking are dangerous, indeed subversive,<BR>in an unjust society." - Carl Sagan, "The Demon-Haunted World"<BR><BR>The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are
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