... and let's not call this CPU overcommit feature. It's nothing like that - it's "Hyperthread handling"
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Grinberg" <si...@redhat.com> > To: "Greg Padgett" <gpadg...@redhat.com> > Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel@ovirt.org> > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 1:13:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] CPU Overcommit Feature > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Greg Padgett" <gpadg...@redhat.com> > > To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel@ovirt.org> > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 4:37:57 PM > > Subject: [Engine-devel] CPU Overcommit Feature > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been working on a feature to allow CPU Overcommitment of hosts > > in a > > cluster. This first stage allows the engine to consider host cpu > > threads > > as cores for the purposes of VM resource allocation. > > > > This wiki page has further details, your comments are welcome! > > http://www.ovirt.org/Features/cpu_overcommit > > Basically looking good. > Hyperthread though is vendor specific. > > For AMD it's Clustered Multi-Thread while for Intel it's Hyper-Thread > Official name is simultaneous multithreading (SMT) but no one > outside of the academy will recognize that. > > in libvirt if I read it right it's <attribute name='thread_siblings'> > > So why not just call it threads. > We'll have cpuSockets, cpiCores, and cpuThreads, should be clear when > in CPU context. > > In the GUI just change hyperthreads to CPU threads. While in the tool > tip explain that it's either AMD Clustered Multi-Thread or Intel > Hyperthread > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > > Engine-devel mailing list > > Engine-devel@ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Engine-devel mailing list > Engine-devel@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel > _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list Engine-devel@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel