jared wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Dual Core P4, which dmesg reports as
>
> (CPU0 and) CPU1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 5 CPU 2.66GHz stepping 07
>
> Unfortunately, it is also reporting
>
> CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
>
>
> I went through the BIOS (AMI dated 2005) and saw no option to enable
> HT.
>
> uname -a reports
>
> Linux hwa3 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 18:45:35 UTC 2006 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
>
> so clearly the BIOS and the kernel see the processor as dual core. Is
> there a utility to do this (enable hyperthreading)? Am I going to have
> to recompile the kernel? Is there a set of Intel dual core CPU's which
> does not have HT enabled? Enquiring minds want to know :-)
>
> TIA -
>
> Kind regards,
> jh
>
>

According to Intel's web site the Pentium D's (a/k/a Pentium 4 - the
one's before the Core series) don't have HyperThreading. See
http://www.intel.com/products/proces...um_d/specs.htm

jared wrote:

> Is there a set of Intel dual core CPU's
> which does not have HT enabled?

Yes, most of them except Pentium Extreme Edition models 840, 955 and
965, and Xeon 50xx and 7xxx models.

--
Markku Kolkka
markku.kolkka@iki.fi

jared wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a Dual Core P4

No you don't, there is no such thing. You either have a Pentium D or a
Pentium Extreme.

> , which dmesg reports as
>
> (CPU0 and) CPU1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 5 CPU 2.66GHz stepping 07

The 2.66GHz suggests to me that you have a Pentium D 805.

> Unfortunately, it is also reporting
>
> CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
>

Indeed. No dual core cpu currently supports HT.

In comp.os.linux.misc Chris wrote:

: Indeed. No dual core cpu currently supports HT.

By an existence proof, I would suggest that you are in error.

( I'm typing this message in on a dual dual-core hyperthreaded
3.2 GHz machine. )

regards

Stan
--
Stan Bischof ("stan" at the below domain)
www.worldbadminton.com

Chris wrote:
> jared wrote:

>> CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
>>
>
> Indeed. No dual core cpu currently supports HT.

Hopefully none will, as HT is just intels experiment to move from single core
to dual core, so using HT is a step backward.


//Aho

Chris wrote:
> jared wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a Dual Core P4
>
> No you don't, there is no such thing. You either have a Pentium D or a
> Pentium Extreme.
>
>> , which dmesg reports as
>>
>> (CPU0 and) CPU1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 5 CPU 2.66GHz stepping 07
>
> The 2.66GHz suggests to me that you have a Pentium D 805.
>
>> Unfortunately, it is also reporting
>>
>> CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
>>
>
> Indeed. No dual core cpu currently supports HT.

You might be interested in viewing
http://www.intel.com/products/proces...umXE/index.htm

Intel has at least three chips out with dual-core ht.

Doug

"Chris" wrote in message
news:ejhrjr$1nh$1@dux.dundee.ac.uk...
> No dual core cpu currently supports HT.

Doesn't the Pentium Extreme Edition support it?

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1797/

This first Intel dual core processor is essentially two Prescott dies
grafted together. Each core has its own, separate 1 MB L2 cache, while the
two cores share an interface to the front side bus. Intel will offer two
product lines, the Pentium Extreme Edition and the Pentium D. The former has
HyperThreading capability, giving it four logical cores, while the latter
does not.


- Oliver

I looked it up and confirm that I do indeed have a Pentium D. Thank
you one and all!

stan@worldbadminton.com wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc Chris wrote:
>
> : Indeed. No dual core cpu currently supports HT.
>
> By an existence proof, I would suggest that you are in error.
>
> ( I'm typing this message in on a dual dual-core hyperthreaded
> 3.2 GHz machine. )
>

Apologies. I'd forgotten about the Xeons