linuxbios, linux, hyperthreading, ACPI, and 2.4.22

[ron minnich]

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Adam Agnew wrote:

> 
> Funny you should ask. I was just preparing 2.4.22 again. It does detect 4
> processors, though it gives them rather strange numbers. This might be
> normal?

the numbers look ok. 

Now I'm more confused than ever. Why would linuxbios work, and the Dell 
with ACPI turned off not work? 

Could it be that the dell bios won't turn on hyperthreading unless ACPI is 
on? 

This is 2.4.22 right?

ron