From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 18 17:24:26 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CFAD37B404 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:24:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.itga.com.au (ns1.itga.com.au [202.53.40.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F9B43F3F for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:24:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnb@itga.com.au) Received: from lightning.itga.com.au (lightning.itga.com.au [192.168.71.20]) by ns1.itga.com.au (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h2J1OMcp076647; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:24:22 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from gnb@itga.com.au) Received: from lightning.itga.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lightning.itga.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA15190; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:24:22 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <200303190124.MAA15190@lightning.itga.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 05/15/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Gregory Bond To: Brooks Davis Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hyperthreading in 4.8RC In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:14:10 -0800. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:24:22 +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > That CPU doesn't really support hyperthreading except in the vacuous > sense. It's got enough support that you can boot an SMP kernel, but > plain P4's below 3.06GHz don't actually have additional logical CPUs > available. Thanks, that sort-of makes sense. What buzz-words do I need to look for when shopping for CPU and/or MB? If I get the appropriately fast CPU, will any ol' S478 MB do or does there need to be special support there too? Greg. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message