2011/5/7 Yuri Chornoivan <[email protected]> > написане Sat, 07 May 2011 10:48:35 +0300, Remco Rijnders < > [email protected]>: > > > Hi all, >> >> Any idea on the context for this string? >> >> #: harddrake2:84 >> #, fuzzy, c-format >> msgid "Siblings" >> >> Thanks, >> >> Remco >> > > Hi, > > Historically was supposed that the siblings are the number of HT siblings > for a given CPU. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading > > Hope this helps. > > Yuri >
Maybe easier explanation can be found at http://planet.admon.org/about-cpu-the-logical-and-physical-cores/ : "The siblings entry lists the number of logical processors that exist on the same physical package" Marek Laane
