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Quad Core and Two duel core



On Jun 04, 2007, at 23:04, Martin Owens wrote:

> wholly mother of random fluctuations in the space time continuum  
> bat man!
>
> That's perfect data, does it run HAL/dbus by any chance?

Yup, the system is running RHEL5.

> Thanks for the data, if your able to run
> http://www.dohickey-project.com/debugger.tar.bz2 it would be fantastic
> but a lot of these kinds of exotic machines don't have HAL installed
> since it's mostly a desktop service.

Here come the results of running the various debugger bits on it:

[root at es7000-01 debugger]# ./list-system.py
Processors:
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
   Genuine Intel(R) CPU 3.40GHz
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./list-system.py", line 12, in ?
     slots = Dohickey.system.Slots()
   File "/root/debugger/Dohickey/system.py", line 80, in __init__
     for slot in dmi['slot']:
KeyError: 'slot'

[root at es7000-01 debugger]# ./list-hardware.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./list-hardware.py", line 5, in ?
     import gtk
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py",  
line 76, in ?
     _init()
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py",  
line 64, in _init
     _gtk.init_check()
RuntimeError: could not open display

(I'm ssh'd in w/o X forwarding, can try w/X forwarding tomorrow if  
it'll help)


[root at es7000-01 debugger]# ./hardware-debug.sh
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "../list-system.py", line 12, in ?
     slots = Dohickey.system.Slots()
   File "/root/debugger/Dohickey/system.py", line 80, in __init__
     for slot in dmi['slot']:
KeyError: 'slot'
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "../list-hardware.py", line 5, in ?
     import gtk
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py",  
line 76, in ?
     _init()
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py",  
line 64, in _init
     _gtk.init_check()
RuntimeError: could not open display
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug/
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug/dmi.txt
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug/cpuinfo.txt
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug/bios.txt
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug/ioports.txt
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug/hardware.txt
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug/system.txt

Full results:

http://people.redhat.com/jwilson/misc/cpunotes/ 
es7000-01.lab.boston.redhat.com-debug.tar.bz2

Can do the dual dual-core box and a quad-core tomorrow if you like.


> P.S Wow

You prefer single-socket quad-core or dual-socket quad-core? :)


> On 04/06/07, Jarod Wilson <jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Jun 04, 2007, at 21:55, Martin Owens wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Does anyone have access to machines that are x86 based and have  
>> either
>> > 4 cores in 1 cpu or 2 cpus each with 2 cores? or even something  
>> with
>> > more than 2 cpus (although I've no heard of any x86 machines like
>> > this)
>> >
>> > I need output of /proc/cpuinfo and the dmidecode output so I can  
>> test
>> > some code against these kinds of variables. I already have  
>> hundreds of
>> > single cpu, duel cpu and duel core examples but nothing bigger.
>>
>> You can find an interesting pair here:
>>
>> http://people.redhat.com/jwilson/misc/cpunotes/
>>
>> The es7000 is a 16-socket, dual-core, hyperthreading system (64
>> "cpus"). The precision 490 is a dual dual-core system (ht-capable,
>> but its shut off). I can get some additional exotic examples if ya
>> need. :)
>>
>> --
>> Jarod Wilson
>> jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org








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