RE: 2.4.22 SMP kernel build for hyper threading P4

[Brown, Len]

> Am I missing a step to build a smp kernel for hyper threading?

Yes -- below.

> Hmm... Let's have a look. I started by loading the
> kernel-2.4.20-i686-smp.config file that came with the RH9 distro into
> xconfig. I just turned on ntfs and a couple of other things and saved.
> The comparision is strange. My new config file has:
> 
> # CONFIG_ACPI is not set
> 
> however the RH9 config file has:
> 
> # CONFIG_ACPI is not set
> # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI is not set
> # CONFIG_ACPI_HT_ONLY is not s
> CONFIG_ACPI_BUSMGR=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_SYS=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_CPU=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_EC=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_CMBATT=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
> CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML=y

Use "make oldconfig" to re-write your .config and delete stale junk and
options whose depencencies make no sense.  For example, the ACPI drivers
will go away if CONFIG_ACPI is not enabled.

For 2.4.22, try this:

CONFIG_ACPI=y

By itself for full ACPI -- which includes HT.

And this way to limit it to just HT:

CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_HT_ONLY=y

Note that this config scheme proved too confusing and in 2.4.23 and
2.6.0 CONFIG_ACPI_HT_ONLY goes away, and you'll get enough HT to enable
ACPI even without CONFIG_ACPI, as long as you specify CONFIG_SMP in 2.4
or CONFIG_X86_HT=y in 2.6.

> So am I wasting my time with HT?

Measure the performance of something that matters to you before/after
and then you can decide based on objective information.

Cheers,
-Len

Ps. If you run ACPI on 2.4.22 -- we support a patch supplying the latest
ACPI code for that release here:
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/release/
2.4.22/  This includes the 2.4.23 config changes above, among other
fixes.



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