[CentOS] question on CPU

[Veiko Kukk]

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.

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Veiko