Andy Shinn wrote: > Just wanted to talk about dual hyperthreaded CPU's. I have a dual xeon > HT machine on FreeBSD. When compiled with SMP options and enabling the > HT sysctl the machine runs with 4 logical CPU's. Which drop the overall > CPU usage significantly and it works very well. This has been my > experience with hyper threading and FreeBSD.
Yup, that happens in linux too. Its a nice trick Intel did. Even if one "logical" cpu is on its max capacity, other can handle load if it was a real one. Even in windoze this works ;) >> >> There's a 3rd party tool for linux who do some processor affinity, in >> http://www.ccur.com/rt_oss.asp . Not tested for game servers, but some >> other apps (apache/sendmail) works quite well. > BTW, this works with logical CPUs too ;) -- dual_bereta_r0x -- Alexandre Hautequest ArenaNetwork Lan House & Cyber -- www.arenanetwork.com.br _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
