> The idea behind it was the following. The basic kernal is missing, so far I
can remember, a flag for using more then one CPU. Probably there is also included a flag for using Hyper Threading. In first line I am curious or this configured automaticaly so the full capabilities are used automatically.
If you boot with an 'smp' kernel, support for multiple CPUs is automatic. If you do a clean Fedora install on a dual-CPU box, an smp-kernel should be automatically installed and set as the default. If not, you can always install the rpm yourself.
[bevan@urd ~]> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.101.fedora
kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl
kernel-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl
(I know I need to update it again...)
Hyperthreading is generally configured at the BIOS level, with nothing more to be done at the kernel level. If it's turned on in BIOS it will seem as though you have -4- processors (two virtual processors per real physical processor).
-Bevan Bennett
