Comment by Conscat
2 years ago
OpenBSD doesn't even have hyperthreading? Why does anyone use this OS? The Linux developers put in a lot of effort to make hyperthreading actually work for their kernel rather than ignoring it.
2 years ago
OpenBSD doesn't even have hyperthreading? Why does anyone use this OS? The Linux developers put in a lot of effort to make hyperthreading actually work for their kernel rather than ignoring it.
It has, but it's disabled by default.
You can find more info on the relevant commit here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17829790