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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:40:48 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Trish Lynch <trish@bsdunix.net>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, Slawek Zak <zaks@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HyperThreading not working?
Message-ID:  <3E5E2370.F1701920@mindspring.com>
References:  <XFMail.20030226140551.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030226174154.G830-100000@femme> <20030226164713.B2816@FreeBSD.org>

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Juli Mallett wrote:
> > > > Any thoughts? I attach full dmesg and mptable output. Kernel
> > > > config too.
> > >
> > > 5.0 doesn't support HyperThreading.  The upcoming 5.1 and 4.8 releases
> > > will support it.
> >
> > it doesn't? I have a 5.0-R box that surely does support HTT.
> 
> Your BIOS puts the logical CPUs into the MPTable.

John Baldwin posted a patch for this that would use the CPUID
instruction to detect Hyperthreading.  Of course, that means
you can not turn it off.  The patch was posted to -current about
3-4 weeks ago.

-- Terry

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