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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2006 12:16:35 -0400
From:      Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com>
To:        OxY <oxy@field.hu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: enabling hyper-threading on intel dual-core
Message-ID:  <1DD6C5CE-047E-4489-AF66-902B27020CD0@foolishgames.com>
In-Reply-To: <000801c67513$f814f7f0$0201a8c0@oxy>
References:  <000801c67513$f814f7f0$0201a8c0@oxy>

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I think intel chips with dual core don't have hyperthreading.  The  
operating system sees the second core like it would with  
hyperthreading only.


On May 11, 2006, at 12:00 PM, OxY wrote:

> hi!
>
> i just bought an Intel Pentium D-930 (3ghz dual-core)
> and wonder why i just only have CPU0 and CPU1, when i compile with  
> SMP...
>
> sysctl says:
> machdep.cpu_idle_hlt: 0
>
> is it right or i should see CPU 2 and 3 starting during the boot?
>
> thanks for your help!
>
> ps: i even compiled this option in kernel, can't see any change
>
> options         MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT       # Enable HTT CPUs with the  
> MP Table
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