Messages in this thread | | | From | "Scott Robert Ladd" <> | Subject | RE: /proc/cpuinfo and hyperthreading | Date | Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:56:27 -0500 |
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Richard Johnson asked: > How do you know this? How can I learn what Windows does with > Win/2000/professional?
Run the Windows Task Manager and selected the Performance tab; on my system, it shows two separate graphs, one for each logical CPU.
> if two CPUs are present...." Direct quote. If you have two logical
> CPUs, you can't remove one, therefore, unless M$ has fixed the problem(s) > in XP, you can't use Windows with two logical CPUs, i.e., hyperthreading.
The machine came with Windows XP pre-installed; I ran it a couple of times, then blew it away (do I hear cheers?) when I installed Linux. I probably didn't run it long-enough to hit any bugs.
..Scott
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