Re: enabling hyper-threading on intel dual-core

I think intel chips with dual core don't have hyperthreading. The operating system sees the second core like it would with hyperthreading only.


On May 11, 2006, at 12:00 PM, OxY wrote:

hi!

i just bought an Intel Pentium D-930 (3ghz dual-core)
and wonder why i just only have CPU0 and CPU1, when i compile with SMP...

sysctl says:
machdep.cpu_idle_hlt: 0

is it right or i should see CPU 2 and 3 starting during the boot?

thanks for your help!

ps: i even compiled this option in kernel, can't see any change

options MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT # Enable HTT CPUs with the MP Table
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