cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 options.pc98 src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c mp_machdep.c

Justin C. Sherrill justin at shiningsilence.com
Fri Jan 9 19:19:45 PST 2004


David Rhodus <drhodus at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:200401092049.i09KndaO069653 at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 

>   *       Remove the HTT option from the kernel as we can now
>        pickup the BIOS option if you want to use the logical
>        cores.
>   
>        You will still need to compile your kernel with
>        options        SMP
>        options        APIC_IO

Would it be useful to comment the SMP/APIC_IO options to note that they
"turn on" hyperthreading, so that people don't think it's a physical
CPU-only feature?  Or am I misunderstanding this? 





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