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
>


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Regards,
Den

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