On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 06:09:32PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:42:00PM -0700, YhLu wrote:
> >
> > for Intel it would be
> > c->x86_num_cores is 2 and smp_num_siblings is 2 too....
> > so every core will be HT....
>
> If that was true, then a true DC+HT machine would report 4.
>
> I doubt it is, but Suresh can probably clarify.
On a DC+HT, x86_num_cores will be 2 and kernel will set smp_num_siblings
to 2 (even though number of logical processors per physical package as
seen by cpuid.1.EBX.bits[23:16] will be 4).
Remember, smp_num_siblings in kernel will just represent HT logical siblings.
If CPU is just DC capable, cpuid.1.EBX.bits[23:16] will return '2' and
number of cores computation from cpuid.4.EAX.bits[31:26] will be 2.
And kernel will set x86_num_cores to 2 and smp_num_siblings will be set to 1
If CPU is just HT capable,cpuid.1.EBX.bits[23:16] will return '2' and
number of cores computation from cpuid.4.EAX.bits[31:26] will be 1.
And kernel will set x86_num_cores to 1 and smp_num_siblings will be set to 2.
> > Function 0000_0001[EBX]
> > EBX[23:16] Logical Processor Count. If CPUID Fn[8000_0001, 0000_0001][EDX:
> > HTT, ECX:
> > CMPLegacy] = 11b, then this field indicates the number of CPU cores in the
> > processor.
> > Otherwise, this field is reserved.
> >
> > what is intel value about cpuid(1) ebx [23:16], when the CPU is dual core,
> > but HT is disabled.
> > 1?
If CPU is DC+HT capable, but HT is disabled in bios, cpuid.1.EBX.bits[23:16]
will still be 4 and during bootup, kernel will figure out that no HT
siblings came up and will reset smp_num_siblings to 1.
I am planning to do more cleanup post 2.6.12, so that smp_num_siblings will
be moved to per cpuinfo.
thanks,
suresh
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