Re: Wrong number of cpus detected/reported

Timothy Miller (miller@techsource.com)
Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:08:40 -0400


David Schwartz wrote:

>
> This is correct. The machine has 8 logical CPUs implemented inside 4
> physical CPUs. For more information, search Intel's web pages about
> 'hyperthreading'.
>

But if the kernel doesn't have HT support, then it won't necessarily
balance loads properly.

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