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> I'm personally unclear why it'd be necessary to disable HTT in the
> BIOS if you're using a non-SMP kernel on a uniproc box.

Maybe for the same reason you should better not use a non-SMP kernel
if you have 2 CPU in your box.

Try to keep hardware (BIOS) and OS consistent, even if they are
supposed to know how to deal with inconsistencies.

Olkivier