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Date:      Sat, 12 Apr 2003 09:29:28 -0700
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org>
To:        Paul Saab <ps@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 options.pc98 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES SMP src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c mp_machdep.c src/sys/i386/include smp.h
Message-ID:  <20030412162928.GA7567@intruder.bmah.org>
In-Reply-To: <200303261949.h2QJnYbV041148@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200303261949.h2QJnYbV041148@repoman.freebsd.org>

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If memory serves me right, Paul Saab wrote:
> ps          2003/03/26 11:49:34 PST
>=20
>   FreeBSD src repository
>=20
>   Modified files:
>     sys/conf             options.i386 options.pc98=20
>     sys/i386/conf        NOTES SMP=20
>     sys/i386/i386        machdep.c mp_machdep.c=20
>     sys/i386/include     smp.h=20
>   Log:
>   Nuke options HTT infavor of machdep.hlt_logical_cpus tunable/sysctl.
>   This keeps the logical cpu's halted in the idle loop.  By default
>   the logical cpu's are halted at startup.  It is also possible to
>   halt any cpu in the idle loop now using machdep.hlt_cpus.
>  =20
>   Examples of how to use this:
>   machdep.hlt_cpus=3D1      halt cpu0
>   machdep.hlt_cpus=3D2      halt cpu1
>   machdep.hlt_cpus=3D4      halt cpu2
>   machdep.hlt_cpus=3D3      halt cpu0,cpu1

It'd probably be a Good Thing (TM) if somebody
(anybody...anybody...Bueller...???...)  could add this information to
the smp(4) manpage.  I'm not sure if I understand this well enough to
write the release note decribing this change.

Thanks,

Bruce.

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