Which Kernel to use, .EL or .ELsmp

[Ben]

On Thu, 26 May 2005 linux at fritzenwallner.org wrote:

> Can I find the information, whether linux treads my CPU as 2 CPUs in 
> /proc/cpuinfo or is it somewhere else?

"treats".  The easiest thing to do is fire up the SMP kernel and either 
check dmesg for APIC and CPU0 _and_ CPU1 messages, or run 'top' and see 
whether it reports cpu0 and cpu1 there as well.  If you're not sure if your 
CPU has HyperThreading, check in the BIOS.

Ben
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