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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] x86: fix confusing name of /proc/cpuinfo "ht" flag

* Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> wrote:

> "ht" flag indicates only ability to detect siblings not HT presence
> itself.
>
> Inspired by:
> http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/2009/11/10/common-hyperthreading-misconception/

i think instead of changing 'ht' to 'ht_detect', it would be even more
intuitive to only expose the 'ht' flag if the ht-detect capability is
there _and_ if the number of siblings is 2 or more.

That way we dont change it - we just 'hide' the 'ht' string on the
category of systems that can enumerate HT via the CPUID but dont
actually have HyperThreading.

Hm?

Ingo


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