Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 15:32:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Stone <freebsd-security@dfmm.org> To: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt [REVISED] Message-ID: <20050514152716.D99949@treehorn.dfmm.org> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a050514000629cc8427@mail.gmail.com> References: <245f0df105051318564b1ffb6b@mail.gmail.com> <245f0df105051322354e8e86eb@mail.gmail.com> <3aaaa3a050514000629cc8427@mail.gmail.com>
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> I am somewhat confused by applying the patch, does this disable HTT > functionality? or does a patched server close the issue and keep HTT > enabled? it disables htt by default. I wasn't able to tell by looking at it, though, does it also disable the second core on a dual-core cpu, or is it specific to htt? also, I wonder, is there an intention of advertising more loudly the fact that htt is henceforth always going to be disabled by default? is there any intention of having the installer offer an option to set the loader tunable? -Jason
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