On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:06:15AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > As told to some of us on IRC, I have installed a Debian on a dual > dual-core Opteron machine, using the graphical installer (but the > problem does not look specific to it). > > The installed kernel was the k8 one, but a non-SMP kernel. Frans Pop > told me that's there is currently no known method to detect the number > of processors. > > dmidecode seems to be able to give some hints. I have attached the > corresponding part in the output of dmidecode. The two processors > explicitly appears there, the fact that they are dual-core processors > is probably detectable with the line: > > HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
Hyperthreading has nothing to do with dual core. Hyperthreading is SMT not SMP. It's dual thread, not dual core/processor. > Don't hesitate if you need some tests to be run. However, I am afraid I > won't be able to test a new install on this machine, as it will be used > soon. I could give a try with QEMU though. Dualcore amd's seem to need 2.6.12+ kernel to work right. 2.6.8 apparently has issues with them. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
