From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 6 23:14:13 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F55891A; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 23:14:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from st11p02mm-asmtp001.mac.com (st11p02mm-asmtpout001.mac.com [17.172.220.236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50B66287; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 23:14:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rpaulo-dt.sj.pi-coral.com (unknown [12.218.212.178]) by st11p02mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.35.0 64bit (built Dec 4 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0NKT001VPCJJPI30@st11p02mm-asmtp001.mac.com>; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:14:09 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.13.68,1.0.33,0.0.0000 definitions=2015-03-06_07:2015-03-06,2015-03-06,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1412110000 definitions=main-1503060255 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) Subject: Re: RFC: Simplfying hyperthreading distinctions From: Rui Paulo In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:14:06 -0800 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: <1640664.8z9mx3EOQs@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20150306215835.GB95179@zxy.spb.ru> To: Adrian Chadd X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" , Andriy Gapon , Slawa Olhovchenkov X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:14:13 -0000 On 6 Mar 2015, at 14:01, Adrian Chadd wrote: >=20 > If you're looking to ship a single image that runs on a variety of > platforms (say, you're pfsense, just say) and you want to set defaults > that say "hey, i don't mind doing some processing on SMT, but HTT is > no thanks) then how do you achieve that? Who cares? We're talking about Pentium 4 stuff. I'm with John: the = distinction should go away. If Intel comes up with a new name, we'll = just think about it when it happens. -- Rui Paulo