W Strater wrote: > I just installed FC5 on a Pentium 4 based machine and ended up with a > 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp kernel. I ran `yum update` and was upgraded to > 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp. The problem is that my motherboard, Intel > D865PERL, is a single CPU motherboard and my Intel CPU P4 2.8 pre-dates > any dual core technologies. The /proc/cpuinfo did list two CPU's. > > Probably irrelevant but worth mentioning. I installed FC5 on the first > partition of a second hard drive of a dual boot machine and boot off of > a CD. > > As a side note, FC5 was installed on 2 Core Duo machines at work. The > first machine has a lame core, confirmed by Redmont, and has a > 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 kernel. The second machine has two functioning cores > and has a 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp kernel. The /proc/cpuinfo of the second > machines lists 2 single core CPUs not 1 dual core CPU. > > Wes. > As others have said, the P4 with hyperthreading enabled will show up as 2 CPUs with a SMP kernel. As far as the Core Duo processors, if both processors are working, then you do have 2 CPUs. Each core is one CPU. The fact that they are on one chip does not change that. If I remember correctly, the Core Solo processors are a Core Duo that one core failed, and has been disabled. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
