> > > > Why are you using a SMP kernel? I've never used a Dual Core processor, but > > I'm guessing that even then you'd probably be better off with a standard > > (optimized) kernel. > > I disagree. Its hard for me to imagine any realworld situation > where a smp kernel on a hyperthreaded cpu would not perform at least > as well as a non-smp kernel. And if you have a true dual core cpu, > definately use it. HT may only be a very modest improvement, but > I have 2 machines with 2 Xeon HT cpus, and I set them both up for 4 > cpu smp support. >
HyperThreading is a horrible kludge. It required every OS to rewrite their process schedulers to not die context switching to an imaginary processor. The Linux kernel claims to have a hyper threading aware scheduler, but I've never been happy with it running on a loaded server. With mythTV, you'll really won't notice any difference either way, so just the standard kernel. Like Brian said, dual cores are a different matter. You must run the SMP kernel or your not using half the silicon. However... back to the OP. cat /proc/cpuinfo and /sbin/lspci and post em if you're still having problems. -- Anthony Vito [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
