That's the problem we had with Asterisk and HT on a 2.4 Kernel: whenever Asterisk was 
staying in the RTP stream, and HT was enabled (on a Dell Dual Xeon system), we had 
choppy audio. After disabling HT, everything was fine again. Nothing measurable, 
indeed, but you could definitely hear it. So there *must* be something.

-Manuel

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Peter Corlett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Inviato: marted�, 1. giugno 2004 16:09
A: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oggetto: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Hyperthreading?


Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> They can't? HT is detected in /proc/cpuinfo (flags) and I see two 
> processors with 2.4.25 SMP kernels... What exactly isn't it using?

Linux doesn't realise that scheduling a process onto one virtual CPU reduces the 
performance available on the other. There can be some quite bizarre scheduling 
decisions made as a result that can slow things down. On the other hand, for some 
tasks, it might not cause problems and thus you'll get a boost.

As ever, the answer is to benchmark your configuration with and without HT to see. 
There's no simple answer.


___________________________________________________
Ticinocom SA - Via Stazione 5 - 6600 Muralto
Tel 0844 007070 - Fax 0844 007071
http://www.ticinocom.com

_______________________________________________
Asterisk-Users mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users

Reply via email to