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author | John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-10-22 20:36:27 +0000 |
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committer | John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-10-22 20:36:27 +0000 |
commit | 0beb5268030bcbc1a1a61e27881a438c8a7ca32d (patch) | |
tree | 5009d6e31df23b2839b4494e52867c7182579232 | |
parent | 3a0f48841fc28cb432571d6446d8552f5147c91f (diff) | |
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Add a note about the changes to the HTT support.
Approved by: re (scottl)
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/stable/4/; revision=121368
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@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ A reverse chronology since 4.0 was released is included, followed by the common items quick how-tos, followed by entries for versions of -current prior to 4.0 Release. +20031022: + Support for HyperThread logical CPUs has now been enabled by + default. As a result, the HTT kernel option no longer exists. + Instead, the logical CPUs are always started so that they can + handle interrupts. However, the extra logical CPUs are prevented + from executing user processes by default. To enable the logical + CPUs, change the value of the machdep.hlt_logical_cpus from 1 to + 0. This value can also be set from the loader as a tunable of + the same name. + 20030923: Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system |