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Re:OpenBSD was right to disable hyperthreading [video] by morpheuskafka on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @01:18PM (#20868775)
Yes, but it is significant that an industry leading company chose it over a RTOS or other embedded system for a high volume project.
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Re:OpenBSD was right to disable hyperthreading [video] by throwaway2048 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:25PM (#20870803)
Why? Intel hasn't contributed anything to the project to my knowledge.
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Re:OpenBSD was right to disable hyperthreading [video] by beatgammit on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @10:32AM (#20877527)
I know they at least formally requested some changes, but I don't know if that means they contributed. I'm guessing they didn't want the public to know they were using it, likely because of the nature of IME.
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