Subject: Re: Bad count of CPUs
To: Heron Gallegos <gallegos@csxxi.net.mx>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: current-users
Date: 10/12/2006 08:31:21
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 08:26:57PM -0500, Heron Gallegos wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > > 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.
> 
> The mobo is really a X6DH8-G2+ for double core... I am sorry for my
> mistake.

OK, so I guess you've got 2 dual-core CPU; as each core is HT you get 8 CPU :)
This is fine.

> 
> > 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.
> 
> Yes, I am curious too... I would like to test a GENERIC.ACPI but I cant
> find it in arch/amd64/conf.
> 
> Do you beleieve is enough with the following lines for
> my file GENERIC.ACPI ???
> #--------------------------------
> include "arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC"
> 
> no options MPBIOS_SCANPCI
> options MPACPI
> acpi0   at mainbus0
> #--------------------------------

Yes, and add
options         MULTIPROCESSOR
for SMP support

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