Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:43:46 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: djb@ifa.au.dk Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hlt instructions and temperature issues Message-ID: <200004271643.JAA08277@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:38:51 %2B0200." <20000427163851.A8149@relativity.student.utwente.nl>
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> On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 07:32:46AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/misc.html#AEN3892 > > I was not asking about UP FreeBSD. I know that linux and FreeBSD behave > more or less the same in that case. I was specifically referring to the SMP > case. I am also not into OS advocacy AT ALL! I am simply concerned about > the temperature in my FreeBSD box and a similar Linux box is the only thing > sensible I can compare to. I am sorry if my question looked like an > advocacy issue. > > I also don't need to consult the faq if I want to know how hot or cool a > freebsd UP box is. I have one here (single celeron, same clock frequency as > the SMP boxes) which is only 29 degrees Celcius. > > I did search my own archive of freebsd-smp and I also searched using > the freebsd.org search engine. The only relevant mail I found was from Remy > Nonnenmacher, asking about the hlt instruction in the SMP case. > > As far as I found, Remy never got an answer. He did, and we don't. You can read the code in sys/i386/i386/swtch.s for yourself. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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