-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/28/07 10:04, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello, > > sorry, I forgot to tell that `/proc/cpuinfo' > shows up _two_ processors (when the kernel is a SMP one). > > Furthermore, > the concerned black box is a very old one: > before september 2003 (kernel 2.4.22). > > According to `/proc/cpuinfo', there are two > > Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (model name)
Dime to a dollar that it's HyperThreading that is causing it to show two CPUs. > with `stepping' 9. > > As I may need a lot of CPU time, I would like to know > if it makes sense to install a SMP kernel on this black > box (and its shelf brothers): > who must I try ? > Can a SMP kernel be confused by a one CPU computer > (and announce two CPU instead of one). > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome > > > Andoni wrote: >> Hi, >> >>> today I built a new kernel for one computer of the lab: >>> whereas the boss claims that it has only one processor, >>> Knoppix claims that there are two processors. >>> Booting a smp kernel shows two processors. >>> I am quite confused: how to know for sure >>> the number of processors in a black box ? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Jerome >> >> >> My english is very very poor, but... 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' >> >> Regards. >> >> >> > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTb0qS9HxQb37XmcRArT9AKDDnVlgNsBc2NkENWZSpu4pnctwkwCgljEC FHeX3kIo2loFYIYze8fcPWU= =w1BI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
