(Apr 07 2005 11:43) Steve Mallory wrote: > This morning, after the last kernel upgrade, a service running on my > Trustix 2.1 machine reported that the computer had 4 cpu's and that the > license we had was for a 2 cpu machine. It is refusing to start. This > software (Marklogic CIS) had been running happily on this computer > yesterday. The only change on the machine that I can think of is the > kernel upgrade and a reboot. The running kernel is now 2.4.30-2trsmp. > > Although I am sure the computer has only two processors (dual Intel Xeon > 3GHz), I took a look at /proc/cpuinfo, and sure enough, it shows four > cpu's, numbered 0-3. I suspect this isn't necessarily a trustix issue, > but does anyone know why four cpu's are showing up there? Any ideas on > why a kernel upgrade would affect that?
It sounds like the new kernel detects hyperthreaded processors as two uniq processors, so you should get by with disabling hyperthreading in your bios. kinda funny story though.. ;) Software trying to act smart... hope this helps c -- Christian Haugan Toldnes Software Engineer Trustix Secure Linux Development Office Tel Europe: +44 (0) 161 8747070 Office Tel US: +1 888 COMODO 1 (1 888 266 6361) Fax Europe: +44 (0) 161 8771767 Fax US: +1 201 963 9003 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail containing this attachment. Replies to this email may be monitored by Comodo for operational or business reasons. Whilst every endeavour is taken to ensure that e-mails are free from viruses, no liability can be accepted and the recipient is requested to use their own virus checking software. _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
