#582488 Missing option to print the number of cores (excluding hyperthreads)

Package:
coreutils
Source:
coreutils
Description:
GNU core utilities
Submitter:
Goswin von Brederlow
Date:
2010-05-21 08:45:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#582488#5
Date:
2010-05-21 08:41:20 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

linux is aware of cores and hyperthreads. It would be nice if one
could ask nproc the number of actual cores as opposed to threads for
the purpose of running cache intensive jobs where hyperthreading only
slows things down.

MfG
	Goswin