Subject: Re: Bad count of CPUs
To: Michael <macallan1888@gmail.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: current-users
Date: 10/11/2006 22:03:06
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:24:36PM -0400, Michael wrote:
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> Hello,
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> On Oct 11, 2006, at 14:55, Heron Gallegos wrote:
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> >Hello
> >
> >This server works very fine but I dont know if the
> >count of 8 CPUs and some "not configured" devices
> >can be a potential problem in thr future. (dmesg is
> >at end of this message). Also, I dont know if the
> >count of buses (and the order) is right.
> >
> >This server is a Lanix (mexican brand) but in US is
> >exactly a supermicro server. The mobo is a X6DH8-G2
> >and have just two CPUs.
> >http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon800/E7520/X6DH8- 
> >G2.cfm
> >
> >I will have here this server for 10 days. then will
> >arrive the ours (mobo X6DH8-G2+ double core and just
> >one CPU each server). I have preoccupation because
> >I dont know if it is really a problem.
> 
> Dual core with HT? That would give two logical CPUs per core.

it looks like this motherboard can't get dual-core CPUs; so 8 CPUs looks
suspicious.

Heron, did you try a MPACPI kernel ? Also, I have a similar motherboard
(X6DH8-XG2) in a single-CPU config and it works just fine. 

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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