Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:30:46AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2005 18:05:48 +0400 Dmitry Mityugov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/27/05, Jacob S wrote: Hello list, I upgraded a few 5.3 servers to 5.4 yesterday and everything seemed to go well. After booting the new

Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-28 Thread Mike Tancsa
On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:30:46 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: Oh, wait, it is probably just the last HT security patch, ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc. hmm... So basically, SMP can be enabled, but it won't use HT even if it sees a

Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-28 Thread Paul Dufresne
Oh, wait, it is probably just the last HT security patch, ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc. hmm... So basically, SMP can be enabled, but it won't use HT even if it sees a capable processor? Not sure but after reading: NOTE: For users that are

Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-28 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 05/27/05 09:28 PM, Mike Tancsa sat at the `puter and typed: On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:30:46 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: Oh, wait, it is probably just the last HT security patch, ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc. hmm...

Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 09:45:52AM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 05/27/05 09:28 PM, Mike Tancsa sat at the `puter and typed: On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:30:46 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: Oh, wait, it is probably just the last HT security patch,

Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-27 Thread Jacob S
Hello list, I upgraded a few 5.3 servers to 5.4 yesterday and everything seemed to go well. After booting the new kernel, dmesg correctly showed 2 logical cpus (1 xeon with HT). However, when I look at top's output, it always shows at least 50% cpu idle time - even when the load is above 10. To

Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-27 Thread Dmitry Mityugov
On 5/27/05, Jacob S wrote: Hello list, I upgraded a few 5.3 servers to 5.4 yesterday and everything seemed to go well. After booting the new kernel, dmesg correctly showed 2 logical cpus (1 xeon with HT). However, when I look at top's output, it always shows at least 50% cpu idle time -

Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-27 Thread Dmitry Mityugov
On 5/27/05, Jacob S wrote: Hello list, I upgraded a few 5.3 servers to 5.4 yesterday and everything seemed to go well. After booting the new kernel, dmesg correctly showed 2 logical cpus (1 xeon with HT). However, when I look at top's output, it always shows at least 50% cpu idle time -

Re: Problem with HT support in 5.4

2005-05-27 Thread Jacob S
On Fri, 27 May 2005 18:05:48 +0400 Dmitry Mityugov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/27/05, Jacob S wrote: Hello list, I upgraded a few 5.3 servers to 5.4 yesterday and everything seemed to go well. After booting the new kernel, dmesg correctly showed 2 logical cpus (1 xeon with HT).