Dual processor but see Quad processor

[Frank Lanitz]

Hi!

Am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2003 02:53 schrieb Yeak Nai Siew:

> - 2 x 2.8 Ghz Xeon

> Then I tried RHEL AS 3, looks more stable, but the "top" also show
> 4 CPU. This time it shows the figure. Idle is around 98% to 100%.
> But the status run across all the 4 CPU (the physical CPU is only
> 2...)
>
> Why seeing 4, not 2? Is there a way to pass kernel parameter during
> bootup to force it to use 2 only?

Thats because of the Xeon-CPU's. They login at the Computer as two 
each one. 

Frank Lanitz