[Gllug] Hyperthreading == on

- Tethys tethys at gmail.com
Tue Mar 20 15:52:16 UTC 2007


On 3/20/07, Dean Wilson <dwilson at unixdaemon.net> wrote:

> Does anyone know a reliable way to check if hyper-threading is being used? Not
> just supported by the kernel or the processor?

Under what circumstances could it be supported by the CPU and kernel
and not be used? Surely if both support it, then by definition, unless
your kernel is using a custom scheduler[1], hyperthreading *will* be
being used.

Tet

[1] And if it is, you probably know about it, so the question becomes redundant.
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