I've been using OpenBsd for 8+ years on my main router/firewall (4 NICs). Time to upgrade (I'm back on v3.8, yikes). Past time, really. So....lots to learn / re-learn here. Have patience. First question:
I'll be loading 5.2 on a low-power, Atom E640-based box (the Soekris net6501). That chip has two Hyperthreading cores. Several net-references (esp. calomel.org ) advocate turning off HTT in the bios when using OpenBSD for faster interrupt servicing / task switching latency. But....perhaps that advice is pre-5.2, when we got pthreads(3) support? What's the best current advice for that kind of one-cpu, multi-logical-thread system? 1) Single processor kernel or multi-processor (smp) kernel? 2) If the latter, HTT turned on or off? Thanks. Bonnie
