omg.. damn autocorrect! s/hypertrading/Hyper-threading/ :) Sometimes words change their meaning. I'm laughing. Sorry for that.
ср, 17 нояб. 2021 г. в 11:00, Dev Op <[email protected]>: > Hi all! > > I was dealing with one router and faced with the fact that I did not see > hypertrading after installing OpenBSD 7.0. I came across an email > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg99141.html, > where I read hypertrading was disabled for Intel processors running on > OpenBSD/amd64 and that it can be enabled via hw.smt. I did so, but I don't > see it making a difference. How do you make sure it's on and used? > > router1$ dmesg | grep ^cpu > cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) > cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz, 2667.11 MHz, 06-17-06 > cpu0: > FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA,SSE4.1,LONG,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR,MELTDOWN > cpu0: 6MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache > cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 > cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.2, IBE > router1$ sysctl hw > hw.machine=amd64 > hw.model=Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz > hw.ncpu=1 > hw.byteorder=1234 > hw.pagesize=4096 > hw.disknames=sd0:fa871ac66d86823a > hw.diskcount=1 > hw.sensors.acpitz0.temp0=8.30 degC (zone temperature) > hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=50.00 degC > hw.sensors.ciss0.drive0=online (sd0), OK > hw.cpuspeed=2667 > hw.setperf=100 > hw.vendor=HP > hw.product=ProLiant DL360 G5 > hw.serialno=CZJ815A9BY > hw.uuid=34353739-3234-435a-4a38-313541394259 > hw.physmem=4276432896 > hw.usermem=4276416512 > hw.ncpufound=1 > hw.allowpowerdown=1 > hw.perfpolicy=manual > hw.smt=1 > hw.ncpuonline=1 > router1$ uname -a > OpenBSD router1 7.0 GENERIC#224 amd64 > router1$ > > dmesg.boot is here: https://pastebin.com/G24A7Jbw > > According to the Intel CPU E5430 specification, it has 4 cores. > > Before updating the router, I noticed that it worked without hypertrading > on OpenBSD 6.7/amd64 with a good load: > > ->% uptime > 11:03 AM up 209 days, 4:25, 3 users, load averages: 3.40, 3.17, 3.02 > > I didn’t see which process was eating the CPU in htop, but the average > load was scary. Suggested that HT disabled might be the cause, so I decided > to update the OS and enable HT. > > The following services worked before the updates: pf / CARP / ospfd / > zabbix-proxy / snmpd. > > Thank you for any suggestions. > > Regards, > Den > -- Regards, Den

