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Date:      Tue, 04 Mar 2003 16:09:20 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Hiten Pandya <hiten@unixdaemons.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 src/sys/i386/conf NOTE
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20030304160920.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030304204049.GA72795@unixdaemons.com>

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On 04-Mar-2003 Hiten Pandya wrote:
> John Baldwin (Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:24:53PM -0800) wrote:
>> jhb         2003/03/04 12:24:53 PST
>> 
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/conf             options.i386 
>>     sys/i386/conf        NOTES 
>>     sys/i386/i386        mp_machdep.c 
>>   Log:
>>   Wrap the hyperthreading support code with the HTT kernel option.
>>   Hyperthreading support is now off unless the HTT option is added.
> 
> Just wondering, Why can't you use a tunable instead?

I could, but you already have to compile a new kernel for SMP
support anyways.  Also, once we start using ACPI to enumerate
CPU's, this code won't be used anymore and we will respect
whatever setting is in the BIOS.

-- 

John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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