On 05.12.2011 05:26, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> My host has an i7-960 processor (4 cores, 8 hypterthreaded cores.) >> /proc/cpuinfo on my host shows 8 processors. >> >> On my Fedora Core 16 guest, /proc/cpuinfo shows 4 processors. >> >> Question: what is the maximum number of processors I can assign to my >> guest? 4 or 8? What are the rules for Hyperthreading? >> >> Many thanks, >> -T > > Figured it out. The max cores is the number of hyperthreaded cores > (eight in my case). The maximum number of guest vCPUs is unlimited - you can assign, say, 100 cores - each vCPU core is just a thread on host, it does not correspond to any physical characteristics of your host. /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
