[lug] RedHat Hat & Multi CPU's

[Richard Fifarek]

	It means that hyperthreading is enabled.  Typically you can 
disable it in the BIOS, but if not, pass noht (if I recall) to the kernel 
as a boot option.

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 neelsmith74 at netscape.net wrote:

> Hi,
> I just upgraded a dual Z 2ghz from RH7.3-SMP to RH8.0-SMP
> It now looks as if RH8.0 thinks I have 4 CPU's????
> 
> When I take #top
> CPU0 states ..
> CPU1 states ..
> CPU2 states ..
> CPU3 states ..
> ::and::
> migration_CPU0
> migration_CPU1
> migration_CPU2
> migration_CPU3
> ::and::
> ksoftirqd_CPU0
> ksoftirqd_CPU1
> ksoftirqd_CPU2
> ksoftirqd_CPU3
> I image this is some kind of system d that is running, but why is my question and how did it come up with 4 CPU's instead of 2CPU's?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nate - the other one
> 
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	     Richard H. Fifarek	       		rfifarek at silug.org
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