Try cat /proc/cpu or cat /proc/processor I don't remember which one of
those two is wright. If it
lists two procesors then you run the SMP kernel if not the best thing to do
is to recompile your
kernel with SMP support.
Bye Sasa
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To: Juan Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: venerd� 3 dicembre 1999 11.15
Subject: Re: Linux doesn't recognize SMP (??)
> hi,
> I installed rh6.0 on my SMP system. It automatically installed two
> kernels. With my SMP system, it defaultly boot into kernel which supports
> dule cpus.
> After booting, you can execute dmesg, it will show how many cpus.
>
>
> Regards,
> Hongfei Yan, 86-10-62751799 (o), 86-10-62762117 (dormitory)
> Dept of Computer Sci. & Tech, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Juan Gonzalez wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have some questions regarding Linux installation on an SMP system.
> >
> > I'm using an IBM PC Server 320, which has dual Pentiums at 90 MHz on a
> > Micronics motherboard.
> > I installed Red Hat Linux 6.1 on the system hoping to run on both
> > processors, but I believe it's only running as a uniprocessor.
> >
> > According to the Installation guide, the installation process will
> > automatically recognize the machine as SMP and LILO should end up with 2
> > entries: linux (default - SMP) and linux-up (to run as uniprocessor).
> > Well, after installing in this system, LILO only shows one entry
> > (linux), the same as the uniprocessor installations. In addition, going
> > into GNOME, and checking the system details, I get a CPU report of what
> > appears to be only 1 processor (processor 0). Please correct me if I'm
> > wrong, but it seems to me that the installation process did not
> > recognize the dual processors.
> >
> > I should mention that, in the past, I had installed Windows NT on this
> > system, and it correctly identified it as SMP.
> >
> > Here are my questions:
> >
> > 1. Do I need to do anything special in order to install the SMP Linux
> > kernel?
> >
> > 2. Is there a problem recognizing this particular system as SMP?
> >
> > 3. Once installed, how can I tell that the SMP kernel is indeed running
> > and that it recognized the 2 processors?
> >
> >
> > Any comments or pointers are welcome.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Juan
> >
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