2007-05-04 04:27:25

by Majumder, Rajib

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Subject: RHEL 3

Hi,

I am wondering if RHEL 3 (based on 2.4.21 kernel but RH claims they backported lot of 2.6 kernel's feature into it) supports Multi-Core and Hyperthreaded CPUs.

Is the CPU-scheduler multi-core/hyperthreading aware? Is it aware ccNUMA multi-core CPU?

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks

Rajib


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2007-05-04 04:56:31

by Arjan van de Ven

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Subject: Re: RHEL 3

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 12:27 +0800, Majumder, Rajib wrote:
> Hi,

you're offtopic and are better off asking on a RH list

>
> I am wondering if RHEL 3 (based on 2.4.21 kernel but RH claims they backported lot of 2.6 kernel's feature into it) supports Multi-Core and Hyperthreaded CPUs.

it'll boot. it'll not work well.
>
> Is the CPU-scheduler multi-core/

no

> hyperthreading aware?

yes

> Is it aware ccNUMA

no