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Date:      Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:05:09 -0500
From:      Hiten Pandya <hiten@unixdaemons.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Hiten Pandya <hiten@unixdaemons.com>, 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:  <20030304220509.GA91520@unixdaemons.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030304160920.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20030304204049.GA72795@unixdaemons.com> <XFMail.20030304160920.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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John Baldwin (Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 04:09:20PM -0500) wrote:
> 
> 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.

Excellent! Thanks for the information jhb@.

Cheers.

-- 
Hiten Pandya (hiten@unixdaemons.com, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org)
http://www.unixdaemons.com/~hiten/

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