[CentOS] smp falls back to up mode on quad core

Tue May 27 20:41:49 UTC 2008
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

Julian Echave wrote:
> Sure, find below, I add other stuff as well. Note that there is some 
> bug in the Bios. This does not prevent Centos to boot, and, since 
> Windows sees all four processors, I reckon it shouldn't be the problem...?


yeah, looks like its probably broken ACPI data in the BIOS.  see if the 
mainboard or system vendor has a BIOS update to fix this.   just because 
operating system "X" works, doesn't mean its 'right'.