CPU utilization

[Randall Stewart]

Ivan Voras wrote:
> Randall Stewart wrote:
> 
>> 1) stewart - running 7.0 (2.8gig p4 dual core)
>> 2) bsd1    - running 7.0 (2.8gig Xeon Hyperthreaded)
>> 3) bsd2    - running 6.2 (2.4gig Xeon Hyperthreaded)
> 
>> I see CPU 1 always running the idle process...
> 
> What's the value of machdep.hyperthreading_enabled on bsd1 and bsd2?
> 
bsd2:
machdep.hyperthreading_allowed: 0


bsd1:
machdep.hyperthreading_allowed: 1


Ahh.;. I see so this controls what happens.. and maybe in 7.0
its on by default.. and on 6.x its not..

I will make an adjustment to my sysctl.conf file.. thanks
this tells me a lot ;-D

R

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