linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] [x86] Add command line option to enable/disable hyper-threading.

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Message-ID: <20061201132918.GB4239@ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:29:18 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Ben Collins <bcollins@...ntu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] [x86] Add command line option to enable/disable hyper-threading.

Hi!

> This patch adds a config option to allow disabling hyper-threading by
> default, and a kernel command line option to changes this default at
> boot time.

> +config X86_HT_DISABLE
> +	bool "Disable Hyper-Threading by default"
> +	depends on X86_HT
> +	default n
> +

Command line options are fine, but additional config options mirroring
command line functionality look ugly to me...

							Pavel
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