From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 25 11:49:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0B4716A402 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 862B113C43E for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JTbpp-00079z-Av for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:29 +0000 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:29 +0000 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:29 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:52:23 +0100 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <20080224110010.GA4447@edward.lilypie.com> <47C1590F.3020605@bsdforen.de> <20080224230744.50539c03@piglet> <47C18665.9050600@FreeBSD.org> <20080225210134.2d0e2908@piglet> <47C298B5.7040907@FreeBSD.org> <20080225223739.723d9e14@piglet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig47698F238AAB894680DD90D5" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) In-Reply-To: <20080225223739.723d9e14@piglet> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: Dual core CPU's, but only 2 CPU's in-use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:34 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig47698F238AAB894680DD90D5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tigger wrote: > The only security advisory I could find was for 5.x and contained info > on how to disable, not enable. >=20 > http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc It's the same security issue, but it's handled differently on 5.x since it's old. See machdep.hyperthreading_allowed sysctl. Also, try benchmarking the system with and without hyperthreading (on the real work the machine will be doing) since in some cases turning on hyperthreading will result in globally lower performance. --------------enig47698F238AAB894680DD90D5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHwqv3ldnAQVacBcgRAvGkAKDjadPOEyfJpVoZkGCRFHv9epwKtgCcCO4g acwhJNmKx4stWus5cIsuPa4= =NUij -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig47698F238AAB894680DD90D5--