Subject: Re: Hyperthreading?
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/21/2003 14:35:25
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 11:31:50AM +0000, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> While this is true for a dual Xeon HT system (where the scheduler could
> end up leaving a physical CUP unused) I don't see how that could affect
> a P4 HT system because there is only one physical CPU anyway.

-j2 on a single HT CPU (2 virtual CPUs) can only improve things. However,
with 2 physical CPUs, the scheduler might get it all wrong, hence the
bad performance with -j4 on those systems.

- Frank

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Frank van der Linden                                            fvdl@netbsd.org
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