Andrew Doran <ad@NetBSD.org> wrote:
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> > I was only able to run in the 8 CPU configuration because when I tried 
> > to disable CPUs with cpuctl, processes would hang under load.  This is 
> > probably a scheduler issue.
> 
> Right, I doubt that bit has been well tested since the scheduler is so new.

In this case, it is not a matter of testing - just left this part for more
thought, while this functionality is not used much. Anyway, I have made a
primary patch for this, hope will be useful shortly.

Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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> John Nemeth wrote:
> >      cpuctl doesn't truly disable the cpus.  You would probably need to
> > disable them in the BIOS or build a custom kernel.
> 
> How do I disable them in the kernel?

Switching the CPU offline with cpuctl keeps the execution of bound threads
only. At this moment, it should be OK for the benchmarking.

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