Multi-core CPUs - kernel vs kernel-smp

[Andrew Bacchi]

If you have a hyperthreaded single CPU or multiple CPUs use the 
kernel-smp.  The "kernel" kernel cannot use the second ID of a multicore 
CPU.

Clark, Patti wrote:
> Not being a kernel expert, when would one want to use kernel vs
> kernel-smp on a multi-core system?
> 
> Patti Clark
> Unix System Administrator - RHCT
> Office of Scientific and Technical Information
> <mailto:clarkp at osti.gov> <mailto:clarkp at osti.gov> 
> "The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of
> it. You have to catch up with it yourself." - Benjamin Franklin 
> 
> 

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Andrew Bacchi
Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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