Re: performance differences: "maxcpus=1" vs. "echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online"

[Bernd Eckenfels]

In article <16336.23884.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> Is here any method to get the exact same behaviour of
> "maxcpus=1" with disabling the second core only

I dont have much insight, but I do remember some java performance problems
on Multi-Core with some Dell Desktops. I think they had been fixed with a
Bios upgrade. Sorry I dont remeber the chip and revision details anymore. I
just felt reminded, because MAXCPU=1 helped back then, also.

Gruss
Bernd
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