[ale] lost a cpu core

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Sun Mar 14 20:13:04 EDT 2010


Raylynn Knight wrote:
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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?

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