On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 23:44 +1300, Glenn Enright wrote:
> I can certainly tell you that compiling (as an example) *wihtout* HT enabled
> on my P4 is a bad idea, takes nearly 4 times as long.
I would hesitate to say, the reason for this is more likely to do with
the way HT is turned off. I've noticed massive slowdowns with turning
HT depending on whether I turn it off in the bios or just play with the
kernel.
<conspiracy theory>
there may even be some intentional slowdown when you do a bios / chip
based disable
</conspiracy theory>
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