RE: Wrong CPU count

Holzrichter, Bruce (bruce.holzrichter@monster.com)
Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:01:34 -0500


>
> > That's interesting. Can it be disabled?
>
> It's an option in the BIOS Setup page (press F2 shortly after
> power-on) on
> Dell servers which support disabling it.

That does raise a question from me, though. With the ability disabled at
the bios level, will the kernel still be able to recognize the cpu's as
hyperthreaded, and bypass the bios disabling them?

Thanks,
Bruce H.
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