Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6BAPeRw023864 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:25:40 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g6BAPeQo023863 for linux-xfs-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:25:40 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from prserv.net (out2.prserv.net [32.97.166.32]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g6BAPTRw023832 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:25:30 -0700 Received: from starfleet.thompson.us (slip-32-101-12-128.wi.us.prserv.net[32.101.12.128]) by prserv.net (out2) with ESMTP id <2002071110300120203gcubfe>; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:30:01 +0000 Received: from thangorodrim.thompson.us (thangorodrim [192.168.0.5]) by starfleet.thompson.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6B2BPk07082 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:11:25 -0500 Received: by thangorodrim.thompson.us (Postfix, from userid 502) id 80321DC128; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:10:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:10:25 -0500 From: Skylar Thompson To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Enterprise kernel 7.2 redhat Message-ID: <20020711021025.GB18760@thangorodrim.thompson.us> Reply-To: Skylar Thompson Mail-Followup-To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Sender: "Skylar Thompson" X-Accept-Primary-Language: en X-Accept-Secondary-Language: es X-Accept-Tertiary-Language: Quenya SMTP-Mailing-Host: smtp.thompson.us X-System: Dual 450MHz Xeons with 256MB PC100 ECC-SDRAM X-Machine: IBM Intellistation Z Pro 6865-22U X-Operating-System: Red Hat Linux 7.2 with kernel 2.4.18-grsec-1.9.4 Organization: League of Morgoth X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 6.1 (2002 Mar 24, compiled Mar 26 2002 21:28:16) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_BAD_DIALUPS version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk --qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 11:16:56AM -0400, CRivera@checkfree.com wrote: > We just recently received some Dell PowerEdge 6650's and loaded them with= =20 > your 2.4.9-31 XFS 1.0.2 enterprise kernel (from your 7.2 loader). After= =20 > finishing the installation when we checked the amount of CPU's it showed= =20 > up as 1, when in fact this server had two (two 1.5 ghz Xeon MP=20 > processors), this in turn should show up as 4 processors because of the= =20 > hyper-threading.=20 You will have to install an SMP kernel (i.e. one with the CONFIG_SMP kernel option enabled) in order for more than one CPU to be recognized. While you could install a generic kernel, I would recommend compiling your own kernel, as that allows much more fine-grained control, and a much greater level of optimization. --=20 -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@attglobal.net) --qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9LOkRYyzijMrwBxERAkBIAJ9K5exFgKvJBigRyU84WyZUCh8eygCfZMmf BfceY1fHTlfnKjM/V22JqiA= =ewat -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qlTNgmc+xy1dBmNv--