From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 3 16:28:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D00316A400 for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 16:28:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB0DE43D45 for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 16:28:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k43GSeZj051929; Wed, 3 May 2006 18:28:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k43GSdTu033988; Wed, 3 May 2006 18:28:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k43GSd2T033987; Wed, 3 May 2006 18:28:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 18:28:39 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20060503162839.GB33963@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <12AAD6CC50A25841834F43955F39B66E042ADC4F@qgaes001.conway.prod.con-way.com> <20060503130544.K1147@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060503130544.K1147@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: "Zimmerman, Eric" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hyperthreading in 6.x ... still frowned upon? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 16:28:45 -0000 On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 01:06:24PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote.. > On Wed, 3 May 2006, Zimmerman, Eric wrote: > > >> > >>In 4.x, it was a 'shut it off' sort of deal .. my new amd64 don't > >appear > >>to have it enabled, but my older i386 server that I just upgraded to > >6.x > >>does: > >> > >> > >>Is it still something that I should disable, and, if so, how in 6.x? > >> > > > >Can you disable it in the BIOS or do you dual boot this machine? > > Unfortunately, this is a remote server, and not HP, so getting at the BIOS > is tricky ... :( Is there a sysctl variable that can be set for this? As a matter of curiosity: do you run RILOE to get console access on your HPs? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org