On 12/17/18, Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2018, Barry Kauler wrote: > >> Thanks for the response. >> So I guess it comes down to basic philosophy: >> >> "SMT is a distinct feature, separate from SMP, and I think that it is >> important to keep that distinction." >> >> You guys have chosen to remove that distinction, and to remove the >> choice for many specialised, such as embedded, situations, where they >> would maybe want that choice. > > They have that choice. SMT can be disabled on kernel cmdline, and in many > cases also in BIOS. > Being forced to do it on the kernel commandline is not satisfactory. If it can be done there, why not also retain it as a configuration option? Regards, Barry Kauler
