Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 15:56:15 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 mp_machdep.csrc/sys/amd64/include cpufunc.h src/sys/i386/i386 mp_machdep.c src/sys/i386/include cpufunc.h Message-ID: <4286820F.1070705@root.org> In-Reply-To: <42864809.7020700@root.org> References: <200505130001.j4D01KcE015393@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050514093203.GA81770@FreeBSD.org> <4285C73B.3040409@freebsd.org> <42864809.7020700@root.org>
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Nate Lawson wrote: > Colin Percival wrote: > >> I ended up putting hyperthreading_allowed under machdep rather than >> security >> because 4.x doesn't have a security sysctl node, but the name was >> chosen to >> emphasize that hyperthreading is currently something dangerous which >> should >> be permitted only under certain circumstances, rather than a feature >> which >> can be enabled or disabled however you like. >> >> Colin Percival I forgot to mention, great paper. I really enjoyed it. -- Nate
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