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Subject: "Kernel Hacking"/Developing on a HT CPU versus "physical" CPUs
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Hey, I was wondering if from a developing/"kernel hacking" standpoint, are
hyperthreading and two "physical" CPUs any different? At what point do the
differences have to be taken into consideration when working on the
FreeBSD kernel/scheduler/etc? I'm looking to start contributing to the
FreeBSD project and am trying to get some hardware set aside.

Thanks!
-Marc