Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:55:58 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: Johan Dahlberg <drony@spray.se>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HLT Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0010311155360.7969-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <005801c04352$c0b23e60$aa240018@cx443070b>
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If you are running on FreeBSD-CURRENT that's why you are having the problem there, I think they disabled the HLT on FreeBSD -CURRENT ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best NT upgrade | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > > Why doesn't the HLT instruction work in FreeBSD when I run an SMP kernel? > The CPU's runs really hot.. so I'm forced to use an UP kernel, where the HLT > instruction works, and keeps the CPU's a bit colder.. > > What CPUs are you using ? What kind of load are you putting on your box ? > > I run several SMP machines under FreeBSD. If you have proper cooling, you > should have no problem under full load. I always purchase nice heatsink fan > combos with higher RPM speeds than OEM fan/heatsink combos. For an SMP box > it's worth it to spend an extra $40 on fans. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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