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authoravg <avg@FreeBSD.org>2011-07-30 20:42:14 +0000
committeravg <avg@FreeBSD.org>2011-07-30 20:42:14 +0000
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update smp related documentation after recent changes
Remove references to machdep.hlt_logical_cpus and machdep.hlt_cpus sysctls and tunables. Document machdep.hyperthreading_allowed and hint.lapic.X.disabled tunables. Prompted by: ru Proofreading: bf Reviewed by: jhb Approved by: re (kib)
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Because this naive scheduling can result in suboptimal
performance, under certain circumstances it may be useful to
disable the logical processors with the the
- <varname>machdep.hlt_logical_cpus</varname> sysctl variable.
- It is also possible to halt any CPU in the idle loop with the
- <varname>machdep.hlt_cpus</varname> sysctl variable. The
- &man.smp.4; manual page has more details.</para>
+ <varname>machdep.hyperthreading_allowed</varname> tunable.
+ The &man.smp.4; manual page has more details.</para>
<para>&os; will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions
(PAE) support on CPUs that support this feature. A kernel
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