[CentOS] question on CPU

[Jerry Geis]

Jerry Geis wrote:
> lists-centos wrote:
>> ------------ Original Message ------------
>>  
>>> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:38:34 AM -0400
>>> From: Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>
>>>    
>>>> On 05/27/2010 03:47 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> / I have centos 5.4 on an HP laptop, as below the /proc/cpuinfo
>>>>> shows Dual
>>>>>         
>>>> />/ core,
>>>> />/ however, there is only 1 processor listed in /proc/cpuinfo.
>>>> />/
>>>> />/ Is the OS only using a single core?
>>>> /
>>>> Check the BIOS, I have seen HP desktops that have option in BIOS
>>>> to turn  off multicore support. Then only single core is exposed
>>>> to the OS.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Looked in the BIOS and there was no setting.
>>>
>>> Top is only showing 1 CPU.
>>>     
>>
>> look in /var/log/dmesg, that will show what was found during the
>> boot process (and perhaps provide other insights).
>>
>>   - Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>   
> powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-86 
> processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
> powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0x0 gid 0x0 (2400 MHz)
> powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0x0 gid 0x0 (1200 MHz)
> powernow-k8:    2 : fid 0x0 gid 0x0 (600 MHz)
>
>
>
> Did they give me a "bad" processor.
>
> jerry
>
I am now running stock centos 5.5 x86_64.

jerry