Re: 5.0.7 Fresh Installion with Merge 5

From: Marc Champagne (news_at_ctldirect.DOT.com)
Date: 09/25/03


Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:57:53 GMT


"Bob Bailin" <72027.3605@compuserve.com> wrote in
news:6jmcb.1868$Ql3.1@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:

>
> "Marc Champagne" <news@ctldirect.DOT.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns940065A37E77newsATctldirectDORco@207.35.177.135...
>> "Bob Bailin" <72027.3605@compuserve.com> wrote in
>> news:bkr3nq$hf0$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com:
>>
>>
>> >> "Marc Champagne" <news@ctldirect.DOT.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:Xns93FF5A3BA8840newsATctldirectDORco@207.35.177.135
>> >> ...
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> >> Is SMP really necessary?, There will never be a
>> >> multi-processor system over here!
>>
>>
>> > But you may eventually use a Pentium 4 with
>> > hyperthreading, which SMP+UP1 can utilize even without
>> > an SMP license.
>>
>> What's the purpose of having an SMP license then?
>
> An SMP license is needed if you have more than one physical
> CPU on your motherboard. A P4 with hyperthreading presents
> itself to the system as two virtual CPUs, and no license is
> needed for that 2nd virtual CPU (but the SMP software needs
> to be installed).

in TA#125320 ( http://tinyurl.com/ooc1 ), there is a passage
as follows:

SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 with SCO OpenServer Update Pack
1 applied supports Hyperthreading.

I would tend to believe (from the above TA) that installing
SMP is not really needed.

Marc Champagne



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