Re: dual Xeon hyperthread system only showing up as 2 cpus

From: Robert Hancock
Date: Wed Aug 15 2007 - 19:35:51 EST


Chris Friesen wrote:

Hi all,

I've got a system that has two hyperthread-capable Xeons. If I boot it with 2.6.10 it shows up as 4 cpus, but with 2.6.14 it only shows 2 cpus.

The relevent boot logs are:

2.6.10:

DMI 2.3 present.
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Processor #0 15:2 APIC version 20
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x06] enabled)
Processor #6 15:2 APIC version 20
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
Processor #1 15:2 APIC version 20
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x07] enabled)
Processor #7 15:2 APIC version 20
Using ACPI for processor (LAPIC) configuration information
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
<snip>
Processors: 4


2.6.14:

DMI 2.3 present.
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
OEM ID: INTEL Product ID: KingsCanyonC APIC at: 0xFEE00000
Processor #0 15:2 APIC version 20
Processor #6 15:2 APIC version 20
<snip>
Processors: 2

You snipped the important part of the log. It's not using ACPI in 2.6.14 for some reason, which you need for HT to be detected. Either you didn't configure it in or it's failed to enable somehow. Please post the entire dmesg.

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