HTT and SMP question

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:38:37AM +0300, Rumen Telbizov wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 02:35:23AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:20:52AM +0200, Morten A. Middelthon wrote:
> > > sysctl -w machdep.hlt_logical_cpus=0
> > > 
> > > that did the trick. I added it to loader.conf as well.
> > > 
> > > regards,
> > 
> > Note that HTT causes worse performance in many workloads, which is why
> > that sysctl defaults to off.
> 
> Would you please point out some cases when HTT with machdep.hlt_logical_cpus=0
> causes worse performance than machdep.hlt_logical_cpus=1?
> I am using an HTT Xeon since recently and in my tests it showed that
> machdep.hlt_logical_cpus=0 is better!
> A simple ubench (spawning 2 processes) gives better results in 0 mode!

My parallel package builds are slower on build machines with HTT.
It's not a magic bullet.

Kris
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