[ale] lost a cpu core

[Geoffrey]

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
> 
> So researching this a bit more I see the following in /var/log/messages:
> 
> Mar 11 11:41:44 mac kernel: SMP disabled
> Mar 11 11:41:44 mac kernel: Brought up 1 CPUs
> 
> So, the boot process knows what it's doing, anyone have any idea why 
> it's doing that?

Well, even more info, dmesg says:

SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
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SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
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SMP motherboard not detected.
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SMP disabled

So 'SMP motherboard not detected,' probably explains it, but the 
question is why???

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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