Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: How to detect multi-core and/or HT-enabled CPUs in 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels | Date | Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:14:28 +0100 |
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In article <1167235772.3281.3977.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> you wrote: > once your program (and many others) have such a check, then the next > step will be pressure on the kernel code to "fake" the old situation > when there is a processor where <vague criteria of the day> no longer > holds. It's basically a road to madness :-(
I agree that for HPC sizing a benchmark with various levels of parallelity are better. The question is, if the code in question only is for inventory reasons. In that case I would do something like x sockets, y cores and z cm threads.
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