Messages in this thread | | | From | Matt_Domsch@Dell ... | Subject | RE: Wrong CPU count | Date | Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:00:49 -0500 |
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> After upgrading from kernel 2.4.7-10smp to 2.4.9-34smp using > the Red Hat > RPM downloaded from RH Network, the CPU count on the machine > reported by > dmesg and listed in /proc/cpuinfo was 4 rather than the actual 2. > > This has occured on all 4 Dell 2650's that I've installed > this patch on. I > don't have any other mult-processor machines available to > test this with.
Congratulations, you purchased a fine PowerEdge 2650 with processors which contain HyperThreading technology. Each physical processor appears as two logical processors. This behaviour is expected, and correct. :-)
Thanks, Matt
-- Matt Domsch Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer, Architect Dell Linux Solutions www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com #1 US Linux Server provider for 2001 and Q1/2002! (IDC May 2002)
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