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) 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, JeromeMy english is very very poor, but... 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' Regards.