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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml index f073b68..2b6780b 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml @@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ may generate some problems. Perusal of the archives of the &a.smp; may yield some clues.</para> + <para>&os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support on + CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the + <literal>SMP</literal> feature enabled will detect and start the + additional logical processors. The default &os; scheduler treats + the logical processors the same as additional physical + processors; in other words, no attempt is made to optimize + scheduling decisions given the shared resources between logical + processors within the same CPU.</para> + <para>&os; will generally run on i386-based laptops, albeit with varying levels of support for certain hardware features such as sound, graphics, power management, and PCCARD expansion slots. |
