https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500745
--- Comment #7 from John <ilikef...@waterisgone.com> --- (In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #6) > Let's not complicate things needlessly. The people that understand CPUs will > know that they don't actually have 32 CPUs in their system. The people that > don't will not know to tell the difference between a socket a core and a > thread. > > As such the current information seems just fine. For precise information we > have a CPU module. I honestly don't like to make assumptions about what people know and don't know. If I do, then I assume that they don't know something and it's better to explain to them as good as possible to avoid any potential confusion. Plus they can learn something, if they didn't already know that. I wouldn't be surprised if somebody actually believes they have 32 CPUs because that's what the software tells them and they don't know any better to contradict it. I remember how I could joke with some kids telling some absurd stories and they would not contradict me because they didn't have enough information (knowledge) to challenge me. In the case of 2 x CPU name, what a tech-savvy person would think? I would say I don't know as I even have a friend a dual-socket server motherboard so either there are 2 CPUs or a 2 cores CPU or a 1 core + hyperthreading enabled, so I would need to ask more information, that the person might not know where to get it from. BTW, besides being possible to disable / limit cores from the firmware, it's also possible to do it from Linux: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/disable-cpu-cores It's your choice if you want to display also this changeable information as usable cores, threads... I care only about seeing the CPU show shown without that number and x in front (except for the dual-sockets + same dual-CPUs installed) case and the total (maximum possible) number of cores and threads in the parentheses. Though a warning on the CPU's details page could be shown when the usable doesn't match the total known number of cores and threads for that CPU. Like we have for storage devices about SMART problems. Anyway, thanks for looking at this think too! Does the CPU details page show these kind of artificial limitations from the firmware or from Linux? Anyway, I understand that taking care of all the cases takes time, so feel free to do what you can and find acceptable with the time you have. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
