[ale] lost a cpu core

[Geoffrey]

Tim Watts wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 17:35 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Geoffrey wrote:
>>> Geoffrey wrote:
>>>> Upgraded my macbook pro to 64 bit RHEL, and now I only see one cpu core 
>>>> on my: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
>> .
>> SMP motherboard not detected.
>> .
>> .
>> SMP disabled
>>
>> So 'SMP motherboard not detected,' probably explains it, but the 
>> question is why???
>>
> 
> So you previously had a 32-bit RHEL and SMP worked but with 64-bit it's
> disabled. A limitation of the motherboard?

Problem is, I upgraded from 32 bit RHEL 5.4 to 64 bit 5.4.  Then to 64 
bit 5.5, which is still in beta.  I don't recall noticing if the 64 bit 
5.4 had both cpus though.  I can't imagine that is a limitation of the 
mb, it's a macbook pro.  Certainly it would support multi-processor 64 
bit OS?

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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