New to Linux. I'm not impressed

Mandy

You should not have to unless you are running Mr Jones' applications, setup, and configuration. And I would doubt even then. No one else seems to be reporting problems with hyperthreading: on the contrary.

I have been running various versions of Linux since mid 1998 and have never had to disable anything. I have been running SMP kernels since early 2000 and have never had any problems with that either. I have been running dual hyperthreaded Xeon processors (i.e., 4 virtual processors) since Early March 2004 and never had any problems with hyperthreading.

Some problems I have heard seem to be defective hardware, or improper configuration, or just plain misunderstanding. I have no idea what Mr. Jones' problems are. But since all distributions use pretty much the same kernel, if there were problems with hyperthreading, no one would be getting it to work. I started using hyperthreading with kernel-smp-2.4.21-4.EL from Red Hat and it was fine. Currently running kernel-smp-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL. Many users are now using 2.6 kernels and they should have even fewer problems.

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