Dual Xeon showing as Quad

[John Boland]

Kevin,

I guess that what you are seeing is the 
hyperthreading capabilities of the 
Xeons.

For more info on hyperthreading check out
the Intel web site.

JOhn


Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> 
> I've been getting my first dual-cpu system ready for prime
> time, and I'm puzzled about one thing about the kernel.
> When I look at dmesg, or in /proc/cpuinfo, I'm told about
> all four CPUs.  However, there are only 2.  I paid for them
> myself, installed them myself, and am quite certain about
> the census.
> 
> So why is the kernel talking about 4 of these babies, and
> is it a problem?
> 
> This is COL 3.1.1. Server, kernel 2.4.13, and it's dual
> 1.8GHz Xeons on a Supermicro P4DPE motherboard, clocked
> at 16x800 MHz.
> 
> ++ kevin
> 
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