-----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:34 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Which Kernel to use, .EL or .ELsmp Quoting Ben <bda20@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 26 May 2005 linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Can I find the information, whether linux treads my CPU as 2 CPUs in > > /proc/cpuinfo or is it somewhere else? > > "treats". The easiest thing to do is fire up the SMP kernel and either > check dmesg for APIC and CPU0 _and_ CPU1 messages, or run 'top' and see > whether it reports cpu0 and cpu1 there as well. If you're not sure if your > CPU has HyperThreading, check in the BIOS. > Just to add my 2c, We run dual-Xeons w/ Hyperthreading on an IBM eServer, and with the smp kernel we get (the appearance of?) 4 CPUs. Actually, this makes me wonder... Am I truly getting 4 threads running synchronously? Maybe I should watch 'top' output more closely, and see if the individual loads are paired, or evenly spread... Any thoughts, all? Regards, -G -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
