Re: How to get the 2nd CPU to work?

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (08/10/04 09:42), Brendan wrote:
> On Thursday 07 October 2004 13:16, Jason Rennie wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 03:06:41AM +0530, Rishi wrote:
> > > The output of dmesg and /proc/cpuinfo appears to have recognized the
> > > 2nd CPU. Any ideas if
> > > (a) the 2nd CPU is being used OR
> > > (b) it's not being used
> >
> > This is the test that I use to tell if both CPUs are working:
> >
> > yes > /dev/null &
> > top
> > yes > /dev/null &
> > top
> >
> > If the first top shows a yes process with 49% CPU usage or the second
> > top shows two yes processes each with 99% CPU usage, then both
> > processors are working.
> 
> Why not just run top, then hit 1 to show both procs?
> You will see if one or both are being utilized.
Good trick ;)

Thanks

Clive