kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system

2002-12-04 Thread Castelhano, Dan
Hello, I had to build a new kernel for one of my systems which is running redhat Linux 7.1. I used the latest kernel available, 2.4.20. an odd thing happened which I've never seen before. This is a Compaq DL580 with 4 processors. the server itself can handle a max of 4 processors, but the kernel

Re: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system

2002-12-04 Thread Rick Johnson
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 08:15, Castelhano, Dan wrote: Hello, I had to build a new kernel for one of my systems which is running redhat Linux 7.1. I used the latest kernel available, 2.4.20. an odd thing happened which I've never seen before. This is a Compaq DL580 with 4 processors. the

RE: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system

2002-12-04 Thread Castelhano, Dan
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system What type of CPU's are in there? I see you've configured for P///. If they're a P4 (or Xeon based on P4), and w/ proper bios support, you may have HyperThreading enabled (they seem to be touting

RE: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system

2002-12-04 Thread Rechenberg, Andrew
-Original Message- From: Castelhano, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:29 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system They are 4 intel xeon 1.4ghz processors. I didn't know/think hypertreading was enabled

Re: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system

2002-12-04 Thread Rick Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Castelhano, Dan wrote: | They are 4 intel xeon 1.4ghz processors. I didn't know/think hypertreading | was enabled on these chips. Thought it just came out on the 2.4+ ghz xeon | chips. They're only marketing it on newer PC's because the chipsets now

RE: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system

2002-12-04 Thread Castelhano, Dan
1.40GHz -Original Message- From: Castelhano, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:29 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: kernel reports wrong number of CPU's installed in system They are 4 intel xeon 1.4ghz processors. I didn't know/think