Cannot find map file.
No module symbols loaded.
klogd 1.4.1, log source = ksyslog started.
<4>Linux version 2.4.19 (root@emiir) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)) #27 SMP Wed Aug 21 16:10:58 CEST 2002
<6>BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
<4> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable)
<4> BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000dfff0000 (usable)
<4> BIOS-e820: 00000000dfff0000 - 00000000dfffec00 (ACPI data)
<4> BIOS-e820: 00000000dfffec00 - 00000000dffff000 (reserved)
<4> BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved)
<4> BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee10000 (reserved)
<4> BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
<5>2687MB HIGHMEM available.
<5>896MB LOWMEM available.
<4>found SMP MP-table at 000fe710
<4>hm, page 000fe000 reserved twice.
<4>hm, page 000ff000 reserved twice.
<4>hm, page 000f0000 reserved twice.
<4>On node 0 totalpages: 917488
<4>zone(0): 4096 pages.
<4>zone(1): 225280 pages.
<4>zone(2): 688112 pages.
<6>ACPI: Searched entire block, no RSDP was found.
<6>ACPI: RSDP located at physical address c00fdc20
<6>RSD PTR v0 [DELL ]
<4>__va_range(0xfdc34, 0x68): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<6>ACPI table found: RSDT v1 [DELL PE6600 0.1]
<4>__va_range(0xfdc64, 0x24): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<4>__va_range(0xfdc64, 0x74): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<6>ACPI table found: FACP v1 [DELL PE6600 0.1]
<4>__va_range(0xfdcd8, 0x24): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<4>__va_range(0xfdcd8, 0xc0): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<6>ACPI table found: APIC v1 [DELL PE6600 0.1]
<4>__va_range(0xfdcd8, 0xc0): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0001] id[0x0] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 0 (0x0000) enabledProcessor #0 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0002] id[0x2] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 1 (0x0200) enabledProcessor #2 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0003] id[0x4] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 2 (0x0400) enabledProcessor #4 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0004] id[0x6] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 3 (0x0600) enabledProcessor #6 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0005] id[0x1] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 4 (0x0100) enabledProcessor #1 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0006] id[0x3] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 5 (0x0300) enabledProcessor #3 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0007] id[0x5] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 6 (0x0500) enabledProcessor #5 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0008] id[0x7] enabled[1])
<6>CPU 7 (0x0700) enabledProcessor #7 Unknown CPU [15:1] APIC version 16
<4>
<6>IOAPIC (id[0x8] address[0xfec00000] global_irq_base[0x0])
<6>IOAPIC (id[0x9] address[0xfec01000] global_irq_base[0x10])
<6>IOAPIC (id[0xa] address[0xfec02000] global_irq_base[0x20])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0001] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0002] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0003] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0004] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0005] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0006] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0007] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0008] polarity[0x1] trigger[0x1] lint[0x1])
<6>8 CPUs total
<6>Local APIC address fee00000
<4>__va_range(0xfdd98, 0x24): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<4>__va_range(0xfdd98, 0x50): idx=8 mapped at ffff6000
<6>ACPI table found: SPCR v1 [DELL PE6600 0.1]
<4>Enabling the CPU's according to the ACPI table
<4>Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
<4> Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
<4>OEM ID: DELL Product ID: PE 0109 APIC at: 0xFEE00000
<4>I/O APIC #8 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000.
<4>I/O APIC #9 Version 17 at 0xFEC01000.
<4>I/O APIC #10 Version 17 at 0xFEC02000.
<4>Processors: 8
<4>Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux.2.4.19 ro root=803 reboot=warm
<6>Initializing CPU#0
<4>Detected 1393.503 MHz processor.
<4>Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2778.72 BogoMIPS
<6>Memory: 3623840k/3669952k available (1407k kernel code, 45728k reserved, 416k data, 240k init, 2752448k highmem)
<6>Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
<6>Inode cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
<4>Mount-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
<4>Buffer-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
<4>Page-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<6>Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
<6>Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
<6>Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
<4>POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
<4>mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch ([email protected])
<4>mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU0: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<4>per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 731.23 usecs.
<4>enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000040
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Booting processor 1/1 eip 2000
<6>Initializing CPU#1
<4>masked ExtINT on CPU#1
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2785.28 BogoMIPS
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU1: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<4>Booting processor 2/2 eip 2000
<6>Initializing CPU#2
<4>masked ExtINT on CPU#2
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2785.28 BogoMIPS
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 1
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU2: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<4>Booting processor 3/3 eip 2000
<6>Initializing CPU#3
<4>masked ExtINT on CPU#3
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2785.28 BogoMIPS
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 1
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU3: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<4>Booting processor 4/4 eip 2000
<6>Initializing CPU#4
<4>masked ExtINT on CPU#4
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2785.28 BogoMIPS
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 2
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU4: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<4>Booting processor 5/5 eip 2000
<6>Initializing CPU#5
<4>masked ExtINT on CPU#5
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2785.28 BogoMIPS
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 2
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU5: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<4>Booting processor 6/6 eip 2000
<6>Initializing CPU#6
<4>masked ExtINT on CPU#6
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2785.28 BogoMIPS
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 3
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU6: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<4>Booting processor 7/7 eip 2000
<6>Initializing CPU#7
<4>masked ExtINT on CPU#7
<4>ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
<4>ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 2785.28 BogoMIPS
<7>CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
<6>CPU: L1 I cache: 12K, L1 D cache: 8K
<6>CPU: L2 cache: 256K
<6>CPU: L3 cache: 512K
<6>CPU: Physical Processor ID: 3
<7>CPU: After vendor init, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<7>CPU: Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
<4>CPU7: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 1.40GHz stepping 01
<6>Total of 8 processors activated (22275.68 BogoMIPS).
<4>cpu_sibling_map[0] = 1
<4>cpu_sibling_map[1] = 0
<4>cpu_sibling_map[2] = 3
<4>cpu_sibling_map[3] = 2
<4>cpu_sibling_map[4] = 5
<4>cpu_sibling_map[5] = 4
<4>cpu_sibling_map[6] = 7
<4>cpu_sibling_map[7] = 6
<4>ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
<4>Setting 8 in the phys_id_present_map
<6>...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 8 ... ok.
<4>Setting 9 in the phys_id_present_map
<6>...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 9 ... ok.
<4>Setting 10 in the phys_id_present_map
<6>...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 10 ... ok.
<7>init IO_APIC IRQs
<7> IO-APIC (apicid-pin) 8-0, 8-3, 8-5, 8-7, 8-11, 8-13, 9-3, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15 not connected.
<6>..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
<3>..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
<6>...trying to set up timer (IRQ0) through the 8259A ...
<4>..... (found pin 0) ...works.
<7>number of MP IRQ sources: 61.
<7>number of IO-APIC #8 registers: 16.
<7>number of IO-APIC #9 registers: 16.
<7>number of IO-APIC #10 registers: 16.
<6>testing the IO APIC.......................
<4>
<7>IO APIC #8......
<7>.... register #00: 08000000
<7>....... : physical APIC id: 08
<7>.... register #01: 000F0011
<7>....... : max redirection entries: 000F
<7>....... : PRQ implemented: 0
<7>....... : IO APIC version: 0011
<7>.... register #02: 08000000
<7>....... : arbitration: 08
<7>.... IRQ redirection table:
<7> NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:
<7> 00 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 31
<7> 01 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39
<7> 02 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 03 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 04 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 41
<7> 05 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 06 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 49
<7> 07 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 08 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 51
<7> 09 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 59
<7> 0a 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 61
<7> 0b 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 0c 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 69
<7> 0d 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 0e 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 71
<7> 0f 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 79
<4>
<7>IO APIC #9......
<7>.... register #00: 09000000
<7>....... : physical APIC id: 09
<7>.... register #01: 000F0011
<7>....... : max redirection entries: 000F
<7>....... : PRQ implemented: 0
<7>....... : IO APIC version: 0011
<7>.... register #02: 09000000
<7>....... : arbitration: 09
<7>.... IRQ redirection table:
<7> NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:
<7> 00 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 81
<7> 01 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 89
<7> 02 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 91
<7> 03 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 04 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 99
<7> 05 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 A1
<7> 06 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 A9
<7> 07 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 B1
<7> 08 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 B9
<7> 09 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 C1
<7> 0a 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 C9
<7> 0b 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 D1
<7> 0c 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 D9
<7> 0d 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 E1
<7> 0e 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 E9
<7> 0f 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 32
<4>
<7>IO APIC #10......
<7>.... register #00: 0A000000
<7>....... : physical APIC id: 0A
<7>.... register #01: 000F0011
<7>....... : max redirection entries: 000F
<7>....... : PRQ implemented: 0
<7>....... : IO APIC version: 0011
<7>.... register #02: 0A000000
<7>....... : arbitration: 0A
<7>.... IRQ redirection table:
<7> NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:
<7> 00 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3A
<7> 01 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 42
<7> 02 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4A
<7> 03 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 52
<7> 04 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5A
<7> 05 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 62
<7> 06 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6A
<7> 07 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 72
<7> 08 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7A
<7> 09 0FF 0F 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 82
<7> 0a 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 0b 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 0c 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 0d 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 0e 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7> 0f 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
<7>IRQ to pin mappings:
<7>IRQ0 -> 0:0
<7>IRQ1 -> 0:1
<7>IRQ4 -> 0:4
<7>IRQ6 -> 0:6
<7>IRQ8 -> 0:8
<7>IRQ9 -> 0:9
<7>IRQ10 -> 0:10
<7>IRQ12 -> 0:12
<7>IRQ14 -> 0:14
<7>IRQ15 -> 0:15
<7>IRQ16 -> 1:0
<7>IRQ17 -> 1:1
<7>IRQ18 -> 1:2
<7>IRQ20 -> 1:4
<7>IRQ21 -> 1:5
<7>IRQ22 -> 1:6
<7>IRQ23 -> 1:7
<7>IRQ24 -> 1:8
<7>IRQ25 -> 1:9
<7>IRQ26 -> 1:10
<7>IRQ27 -> 1:11
<7>IRQ28 -> 1:12
<7>IRQ29 -> 1:13
<7>IRQ30 -> 1:14
<7>IRQ31 -> 1:15
<7>IRQ32 -> 2:0
<7>IRQ33 -> 2:1
<7>IRQ34 -> 2:2
<7>IRQ35 -> 2:3
<7>IRQ36 -> 2:4
<7>IRQ37 -> 2:5
<7>IRQ38 -> 2:6
<7>IRQ39 -> 2:7
<7>IRQ40 -> 2:8
<7>IRQ41 -> 2:9
<6>.................................... done.
<4>Using local APIC timer interrupts.
<4>calibrating APIC timer ...
<4>..... CPU clock speed is 1393.4195 MHz.
<4>..... host bus clock speed is 99.5297 MHz.
<4>cpu: 0, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>CPU0<T0:995296,T1:884688,D:20,S:110588,C:995297>
<4>cpu: 7, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>cpu: 5, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>cpu: 3, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>cpu: 1, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>cpu: 2, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>cpu: 4, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>cpu: 6, clocks: 995297, slice: 110588
<4>CPU5<T0:995296,T1:331760,D:8,S:110588,C:995297>
Kernel logging (ksyslog) stopped.
Kernel log daemon terminating.
> Linux kernel versions 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.20pre4 do not determine
> correctly the number of CPUs on our system. We see 8 CPUs
> instead of 4,
> however the system works.
>
> Our machine: Dell PowerEdge 6600, 4 Xeon 1400 Mhz, 4GB RAM
Yes, this is expected behavior due to hyperthreaded processors.
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2002-July/003465.html
Thanks,
Matt
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On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Nagy Tibor wrote:
.....see 8 CPUs we have 4........
Methinks you have 'hyperthreading..' Yes, and there's nothing
wrong.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
The US military has given us many words, FUBAR, SNAFU, now ENRON.
Yes, top management were graduates of West Point and Annapolis.
On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 16:20, [email protected] wrote:
> > Linux kernel versions 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.20pre4 do not determine
> > correctly the number of CPUs on our system. We see 8 CPUs
> > instead of 4,
> > however the system works.
> >
> > Our machine: Dell PowerEdge 6600, 4 Xeon 1400 Mhz, 4GB RAM
>
> Yes, this is expected behavior due to hyperthreaded processors.
> http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2002-July/003465.html
>
I'm aware that hyperthreading makes each CPU appear as two. But wouldn't
it be possible to determine this fact and report it to the user to avoid
confusion (not everyone knows about hyperthreading) ?
In the case of 4 HT capable CPU's it could be reported like
8 CPUs (4 physical)
or something like that to indicate that there is nothing wrong and the
kernel is simply taking advantage of hyperthreading.
Just my two euro-cents...
/Jesper Juhl
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Nagy Tibor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Linux kernel versions 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.20pre4 do not determine
> correctly the number of CPUs on our system. We see 8 CPUs instead of 4,
> however the system works.
>
> Our machine: Dell PowerEdge 6600, 4 Xeon 1400 Mhz, 4GB RAM
Perfectly normal on that machine; newer Xeon CPUs have a feature called
hyperthreading, which makes each physical CPU show up as two. If you have
many threads running, or a bunch of processes, you should see a
performance increase. but keep in mind that for each physical CPU you
still only have one CPU core, so you can't expect to run 8 tasks at full
speed. Hyperthreading uses idle cycles on one task to perform active
cycles on another task, in its most basic sense. I'm not going to delve
into great detail here as it's off-scope for this list, but if you read
the datasheets and product specification for the Intel Xeon processor
(available at Intel's developer site) you can learn more about this nifty
feature of these processors.
Hope this cleared up some questions you may have had.
-Kelsey
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 04:37:14PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
In the case of 4 HT capable CPU's it could be reported like
8 CPUs (4 physical)
or something like that to indicate that there is nothing wrong and
the kernel is simply taking advantage of hyperthreading.
Seems like a good idea... people frequently get caught by this
discrepancy in numbers to reporting the number of physical and virtual
processors IMO is a good idea... however, I'm not really sure how this
is determined so someone familiar with the ACPI magic would have to
comment of whether or not this is reasonable :)
--cw
Jesper Juhl wrote:
> In the case of 4 HT capable CPU's it could be reported like
>
> 8 CPUs (4 physical)
>
Or 8 CPUs (4 chips)
2 cpus on a chip may be counterintuitive to some, but there
isn't anything special about it. They aren't really
less "physical".
Helge Hafting
Hi!
> > In the case of 4 HT capable CPU's it could be reported like
> >
> > 8 CPUs (4 physical)
> >
> Or 8 CPUs (4 chips)
> 2 cpus on a chip may be counterintuitive to some, but there
> isn't anything special about it. They aren't really
> less "physical".
But p4 is not 2cpus on a chip. Its one cpu two register sets.
Pavel
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Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt,
details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.