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Date:      Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:50:29 +0200
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hyperthreading CPU and broken scheduling?
Message-ID:  <474018F5.6080208@otenet.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20071118114306.H4761@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
References:  <20071118111446.H4507@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4740140C.6050103@otenet.gr> <20071118114306.H4761@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>

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Wojciech Puchar wrote:
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>> To enable hyperthreading, try setting the following in /etc/sysctl.conf:
>>
>> machdep.hyperthreading_allowed=1
>>
>> and reboot (or execute sysctl machdep.hyperthreading_allowed=1 by hand).
> did /etc/rc.d/sysctl start  and works.
>
> quite strange that FreeBSD disables hyperthreading at start.
>
>
IIRC there has been some discussion about possible vulnerabilities when 
hyperthreading is enabled. If you google around you will find it.



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