[ltp] Virtualization in x60

[wes schreiner]

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Guillermo Juárez wrote:
>   
>> I know that, but that's just not enough. That mean the processor
>> supports that, something that from the intel docs can be learned. The
>>     
>
> AFAIK, it means it is enabled (it doesn't mean it is *being used* though).
> E.g. if you disable HT in BIOS on a P4 with HyperThreading, the "ht" flag
> goes away in cpuinfo.
>
>   
This is incorrect.  The CPU reports the "ht" capability (if it has it) 
regardless of whether hyperthreading has been enabled in the BIOS.  Try 
it and see.

wes