From: Mark Watts <m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com>
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To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: brought up 4 cpu's
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:59:09 +0000
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> > Thats your answer then. HyperThreading makes one cpu act as two (with a
> > suitable performance increase for some workloads)
>
> This doesn't explain why it stopped booting on his computer...

I guess he doesn't have the right workload for the performace increase 
then... ;)

Always the details...

Mark.

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