HTT + machdep.hlt_logical_cpus

J.D. Bronson jeff_bronson at wixb.com
Sun Dec 21 06:10:35 PST 2003


At 08:07 AM 12/21/2003, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>"J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson at wixb.com> writes:
>
> > 4.9-RELEASE:
> >
> > I have SMP running on my P4 machine and when I enabled
> > machdep.hlt_logical_cpus=0 after boot, the machine runs
> > fine...
> >
> > however, if I add it to sysctl.conf as the machine boots
> > I get STREAMS of errors about HANDLER INT and other things I cannot read...
> >
> > is it wrong to place this value there?
>
>According to /usr/src/UPDATING, you can set it from the loader.
>Put it in loader.conf(5).

Well this helps a bit ...:)

But the problem I had was that when I added it to sysctl.conf
I added the 'word' sysctl infront of the command....not just the command 
itself...

Stupid mistake. After fixing that...SMP is working nicely on this machine.

thanks :)






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