SMTSTATE(8)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for smtstate(8) from Linux on Power Service Tools — and the name is literally the whole flex: "smtstate — Save and restore the current SMT state." no cap 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

/usr/sbin/smtstate [ option ]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The smtstate script is your little save-point for SMT state, bestie. It persists the current SMT state and restores it whenever it’s convenient — like a vibe check across reboots. The whole idea is to run it together with a systemd service: save the SMT state at any shutdown event, then restore it at an early stage of the boot process. ✨

That setup creates a way to persist the SMT state across reboots, and it does it without requiring any other configuration from system administrators. Slay. 🫶

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• --save — saves the value read from ppc64_cpu --smt -n into the state file stored at /var/lib/powerpc-utils/. 💾
• --load — reads the saved SMT value from the state file stored at /var/lib/powerpc-utils/ and sets ppc64_cpu --smt=value. 🔁
• --help — displays a concise command usage statement. 🎀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Jose Ricardo Ziviani — iconic, and we love a credited author. 💜

mwah 💋 and that’s the sign-off: source/version is Linux on Power Service Tools, the page is dated January 2020, and the manual name is SMTSTATE(8). bye bestie, go persist some state 🌈💅