-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nate Bargmann wrote: > * David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Jun 10 17:10 > -0500]: >> A swap *file* does the same thing a swap *partition* does. [snip] > This begs some objective test data, not opinion. HT is being > touted as a feature of high end Intel based workstations. If its > performance is detrimental to Linux, then I expect the kernel and > glibc developers to either be addressing the problems or working > around them. I'll admit to not following LKM closely, but I've > not read anything in Linux Journal nor elsewhere (including this > fine list) that those of us running Linux should avoid HT > technology. > > I have been considering an HT based machine and would like to > learn of any potential pitfalls.
The h/w emulates 2 CPUs. Thus, even more than a single CPU switching contexts, the HT-enabled CPU adds the overhead of trying to pretend it's 2 CPUs. Remember: the CPU only has X amount of processing power. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEi4qgS9HxQb37XmcRAo/xAKDnA1488OGsKo2khQ6OTIZeMa03DQCffMiu qRrwcj5AfD+MIdtfKl/r+ps= =AECV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
