Tim Damon wrote:
>
> How can I view the performance of each CPU in a dual P166MMX system? The
> problem is this: I have installed 2 P166MMX and the BiOS recognizes them
> and Linux (RedHat 6.0) recognizes them, but when I execute 2 time intensive
> processes, Linux does not seem to be balancing the load on both processors.
> Isn't Linux supposed to load both processors? The processes are not written
> multi-threaded and I do not have the source to make the alterations. Any
> information would be very helpful.
>
Your processes are probably memory bounded (memory bandwith) our IO bounded
(disk
speed). One process in a single CPU already stresses the machine to the
limit and so
two processes will be competing for the same limited resources.
You can try running 'top' to see the cpu usage or 'time'. You will probably
see
high system times.
Rui Sousa
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