On 5/11/13 9:07 AM, Bill Waggoner wrote:
> I have a new Mac Mini server with the following Hardware Overview:
>
>    Model Name:    Mac mini
>    Model Identifier:    Macmini6,2
>    Processor Name:    Intel Core i7
>    Processor Speed:    2.3 GHz
>    Number of Processors:    1
>    Total Number of Cores:    4
>    L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB
>    L3 Cache:    6 MB
>    Memory:    4 GB
>    Boot ROM Version:    MM61.0106.B03
>    SMC Version (system):    2.8f0
>    Serial Number (system):    C07[snip]WYN
>    Hardware UUID:    E20F62[snip]70F2B
>
> This shows, as I believe, that I have one CPU and 4 cores and yet Fink
> reports that I have 8 CPUs/Cores when I configure it.  Is it, perhaps,
> counting Threads (or some such) instead of Cores?
>
> I do notice that when I run Activity Monitor and select Show CPU
> History it does show 8 bars.
>
> I've set it to 4 in any case so it probably doesn't matter what Fink
> thinks but I was just curious why the discrepancy ...
>
> Bill W
>
>

fink uses "sysctl -n hw.activecpu" to get the number of active CPUs.  If 
that output isn't right, blame Apple.

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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