[ale] lost a cpu core

[Raylynn Knight]

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On Mar 13, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>  
wrote:

> 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?
>
Especially since Snow Leopard is a 64 bit multi-processor OS.  Which  
MacBook Pro is presenting the problem?