OpenWrt not using Intel Hyperthreading on x86_64

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello guys,
I'm using this setup for a while and haven't noticed this, but OpenWRT doesn't seem to use hyperthreading on my processor.

PC is Hewlett-Packard HP ProDesk 400 G1, processor is Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G3220 @ 3.00GHz.
OpenWRT version OpenWrt 21.02.2 r16495-bf0c965af0 / LuCI openwrt-21.02 branch git-22.347.45520-d30ab74.
Intel ark mentions HT support - Intel G3220 info

Package intel-microcode wasn't installed and I did it but haven't rebooted since.

cat /proc/cpuinfo

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 60
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G3220 @ 3.00GHz
stepping	: 3
microcode	: 0x12
cpu MHz		: 2993.201
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 0
initial apicid	: 0
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt xsave rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm arat pln pts
bugs		: cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit srbds
bogomips	: 5986.32
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor	: 1
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 60
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G3220 @ 3.00GHz
stepping	: 3
microcode	: 0x12
cpu MHz		: 2993.210
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 2
initial apicid	: 2
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt xsave rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm arat pln pts
bugs		: cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit srbds
bogomips	: 5986.32
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active returns 0

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There is no hyperthreading for this cpu. It's written in the specs. Third line, hyperthreading : no
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/77773/intel-pentium-processor-g3220-3m-cache-3-00-ghz.html#tab-blade-1-0-7

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Yes that chip has two cores, one thread per core.

Linux treats a hyperthread capable CPU (which this one is not) as double the number of cores.

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I use an i3 5005U with 2 cores and 4 threads (so hyperthreaded).
cat /proc/cpuinfo returns

processor       : 3
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 61
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5005U CPU @ 2.00GHz
stepping        : 4
microcode       : 0x2f
cpu MHz         : 804.070
cache size      : 3072 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2

Siblings means the number of threads.
This document explains very well how to understand.

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