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"J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson@wixb.com> writes:

> 4.9-RELEASE:
> 
> I have SMP running on my P4 machine and when I enabled
> machdep.hlt_logical_cpus=0 after boot, the machine runs
> fine...
> 
> however, if I add it to sysctl.conf as the machine boots
> I get STREAMS of errors about HANDLER INT and other things I cannot read...
> 
> is it wrong to place this value there?

According to /usr/src/UPDATING, you can set it from the loader.
Put it in loader.conf(5).

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