Which Kernel to use, .EL or .ELsmp

[linux at fritzenwallner.org]

Quoting Ben <bda20 at cam.ac.uk>:

> 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.
> 

Thanks! ...and yes, I see CPU0 and CPU1 when using the multiprocessor Kernel.
Marcel