Thanks for all your replies concerning the CPUS, but I'm still having some problems finding a solution to the 16k cache problem. AFAIK, "cache" displays the L2 cache on the system (which should be 2MB, but it's still showing 16k
Thanks, Glen Yu | 416-739-4861 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Modelling & Integration Research Section Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada 4906 Dufferin St., Downsview, ON, M3H 5T4 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Kirchner Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:28 PM To: Yu,Glen [Ontario] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian not recognizing 1 of my 2 CPUs and sees only 16k cache =( On 3/8/06, Yu,Glen [Ontario] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Thanks for you replies, I've installed the smp kernel > (kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686-smp) but now "cat /proc/cpuinfo lists 4 cpus! > However my supervisor has informed me that they should be single-core, rather > than dual-core Xeons, so I don't how Debian 3.1 is registering 4 cpus! I > there a different smp kernel I should be installing instead? > > Thanks, > > Glen Yu | [EMAIL PROTECTED] You probably have HyperThreading enabled in your BIOS. You should be able to disable it there, and then see 2 CPUs. The benefits of HyperThreading appear minimal, and it actually has a negative impact for a lot of people, so it's probably better turned off unless you have specific tests showing that your applications run faster with it on. 2 cents.
