At 12:52 AM 22/02/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>But where do other platforms stand vis a vis SMP? Will Linux, OS X
>or Solaris exploit multiple processors in both architectures? Does
>anyone have any specific details?

As specific as hearsay can be. :-)

1. SS on Windows - no change. CPU affinity needs to be set to a single
CPU, Hyperthreading needs to be disabled at BIOS level on most hardware
that has HT. WRT HT, best to try it - if you observe the see-saw effect
then HT needs turning off. Also applies to Embedded server.

2. CS on Windows - no problem. The OS takes care of it. Possibly similar
for HT.

3. CS or SS on Linux - no problems with SMP, I haven't heard one way or the
other about HT - again, best to test for yourself. I read somewhere on one
of the lists that a lot of Linuxen play up with HT, but this was one guy,
one machine, many distros - so who can tell?

/hb