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Date:      Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:11:49 +0700 (ICT)
From:      Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hyperthreading hurts 5.3?
Message-ID:  <200501120511.j0C5BnjO084514@mail.cs.ait.ac.th>
In-Reply-To: <35de0c30050111210235ea3060@mail.gmail.com> (message from Bryan Fullerton on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:02:37 -0500)

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> I'm personally unclear why it'd be necessary to disable HTT in the
> BIOS if you're using a non-SMP kernel on a uniproc box.

Maybe for the same reason you should better not use a non-SMP kernel
if you have 2 CPU in your box.

Try to keep hardware (BIOS) and OS consistent, even if they are
supposed to know how to deal with inconsistencies.

Olkivier



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