Re: how to detect the number of processors ?
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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.
>>
>>
>>
>
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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