P at draigBrady.com wrote:
> sorry I got it hard to parse that.
> Hopefully this anwsers your question.
>> Currently from the kernel scheduler's point of view
>> process = thread
> real CPU = virtual CPU
>> There are scheduler patches floating around
> to treat virtual CPUs specially.
In which case Eoin, or anybody else, with a HyperThread P4 should gain
from !threadded applications running on the box, assuming SMP and the
HyperThread scheduler is turned on.
Of course, whether hyperthreadding is any good, I can't comment on..
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