Re: [PATCH 1/4] [x86] Add command line option to enable/disablehyper-threading.

[Alan]

> So I think people have blown those SSL timing attacks _way_ out of 
> proportion, just because it sounds technical and cool. 
> 
> Besides, most of the time you can disable HT in the BIOS, which is better 
> anyway if you don't want it.

Agreed - but the SSL thing is an irrelevance. The main reason for
disabling HT (especially on a single core CPU) is because a lot of
workloads run faster with HT *off*.

Alan
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