[H-GEN] Single CPU shows up as dual CPU.

[Robert Kearey]

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Ewan Edwards wrote:

> After completing the install and booting for the first time, I noticed that it 
> has been installed to use the SMP version of the kernel by default.

If it's a P4 Xeon, check for the ht flag in /proc/cpuinfo. If it's 
there, it's hyperthreading-capable. This can be made to work reliably 
with all the 7.3 updates and a bit of TLC.

> I suppose my question comes down to this.  What would be the consequences of 
> continuing to use the SMP kernel vs using the standard (single CPU) kernel, 
> and which one should I be using?  (I haven't yet tried booting it with the 
> stadard kernel.)

I'd reccomend using the UP kernel for a production box.

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