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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:48:30 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c 
Message-ID:  <20020717064830.E40613910@overcee.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <200207170541.g6H5fiiv080287@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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Matt Dillon wrote:
> dillon      2002/07/16 22:41:44 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/i386/i386        machdep.c 
>   Log:
>   Qualify comment on machdep.cpu_idle_hlt.  Turning this on on a SMP
>   machine will result in approximately a 4.2% loss of performance (buildworld
    )
>   and approximately a 5% reduction in power consumption (when idle).  Add XXX
>   note on how to really make hlt work (send an IPI to wakeup HLTed cpus on
>   a thread-schedule event?  Generate an interrupt somehow?).

I believe Seigo Tanimura is tinkering with this (send IPI), but I do not
know how far along he is.

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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