On 8/16/05, Joseph M Dupre (AVAB Inc.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> What is this second processor???  Where is this SMP MP-table that the
> kernel is finding, and why is it on a single processor machine?

Does your bios have hyperthreading enabled?  Some intel CPUs (or is it
motherboards?) have a system called hyperthreading by which they
pretend you have two processors;  they have two pipelines set up and
the cpu ping-pongs between them.

Pro: intensive programs like Matlab can't hog all your resources and
you can do other things
Con: intensive programs like Matlab can't hog all your resources and
take twice as long

So I would check to see if there is a bios option called
hyperthreading.  If there is, either turn it off or enable multiple
CPU support.

-Doug
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