Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:06:11 -0700 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> Cc: Jim Pirzyk <pirzyk@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/include atomic.h Message-ID: <20021015180611.A15941@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3DACBB41.9040709@isi.edu>; from larse@ISI.EDU on Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 06:05:05PM -0700 References: <200210141933.g9EJXCCp079728@repoman.freebsd.org> <3DACBB41.9040709@isi.edu>
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* De: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> [ Data: 2002-10-15 ] [ Subjecte: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/include atomic.h ] > Jim Pirzyk wrote: > > pirzyk 2002/10/14 12:33:12 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/conf options.i386 > > sys/i386/conf NOTES > > sys/i386/include atomic.h > > Log: > > Add a knob to turn on and off the CMPXCHG instruction on > i386 IA32 systems. > > This is most beneficial for vmware client os installs. > > Setting this option in an SMP kernel makes it die a horrible death > during boot. Yes. And? -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve Will break world for fulltime employment. | finger jmallett@FreeBSD.org http://people.FreeBSD.org/~jmallett/ | Support my FreeBSD hacking! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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