p4p800 Hyperthreading

[googler]

i have an issue with both Suse 8.2/9.0

mobo P4P800 (BIOS 1010)

Even though I DISABLE HyperThreading but it still
installs the SMP kernel..

Anybody ran into this issue..??


thx
tg..

 

[Philip Callan]

Havent used SuSE recently, but Mandrake is in the habit that any machine
with 512MB or more
RAM, it will install the SMP kernel (enterprise) to manage it.

And Does SuSE have problems with hyperthreading?

 

[googler]

Havent used SuSE recently, but Mandrake is in the habit that any machine
with 512MB or more
RAM, it will install the SMP kernel (enterprise) to manage it.

And Does SuSE have problems with hyperthreading?

Phil..
Thx for the response..

I am not aware of any issues with SuSE hyperthreading.. other than what
i have read in passing, that SuSE has some issues with SMP..

I had not heard that systems (you mentioned Mandrake)
with more that 512MB install the SMP kernel by default..

also, if that IS indeed the case.. my other system (P4 2.0GHz, ASUS P4T533-C)
has 1 GIG of RAM..so it would also install the SMP kernel ..


if that is the case.. I might remove one stick of memory and
try a reinstall with 256MB ?? and then add the second stick later???

tg

 

[Philip Callan]

I had not heard that systems (you mentioned Mandrake)
with more that 512MB install the SMP kernel by default..

also, if that IS indeed the case.. my other system (P4 2.0GHz, ASUS P4T533-C)
has 1 GIG of RAM..so it would also install the SMP kernel ..


if that is the case.. I might remove one stick of memory and
try a reinstall with 256MB ?? and then add the second stick later???

The 'enterprise' or SMP kernel, actually has more stability I have found on
any system with large memory,
and with Hyperthreading, I'm not sure if the vanilla kernel has support
(think anything 2.4.16+ does)

And just because your distro installs/boots a smp kernel by default, it
doesnt mean it doesnt install a Non-SMP
kernel as well, its normally 2nd or 3rd choice on your LILO/grub boot menu