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 server itself can handle a max of 4 processors, but > the kernel reports there are 8 processors installed and were initialized on > bootup. This appears in both /proc/cpuinfo and dmesg output. > > Any ideas why? I assume its due to one of the options when building the > kernel but I can't figure it out. and could this cause any problems with > software running on this box? > > I've attached my .config file which was used to make the kernel in case it > could help figure out why this is happening. I renamed it to config.txt for > windows sake.
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 it in their latest CPU, but I've seen it enabled on earlier dells as well). With it enabled, the OS can see 2x the processors as really installed. Otherwise you may need to verify that you've got the latest ROMPAQ's applied to ensure this isn't a BIOS reporting problem. My best shot, -Rick -- Rick Johnson, RHCE - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (from home) Linux/WAN Administrator - Medata, Inc. PGP Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
