I thought so, problem is the app im trying to run does not work with an smp kernel........back to the drawing board I guess<br><br>Thanks anyway<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/01/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Robert Mount</b> <<a href="mailto:rmount@pobox.com">rmount@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You need an SMP kernel in order for more than a single CPU to be seen<br>by the OS. So, load up the SMP kernel and try your taskset again.<br><br>--Rob<br><br>On 1/30/06, Carlo <<a href="mailto:carlomoretto@gmail.com">
carlomoretto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Installed non smp kernel and tried using taskset but it doesnt seem to be<br>> working<br>><br>> Here is what I did:<br>><br>> Prompt>taskset -p 03 4368<br>> pid 4368's current affinity mask: 1
<br>> pid 4368's new affinity mask: 1<br>><br>> Prompt>taskset -p 02 4368<br>> pid 4368's current affinity mask: 1<br>> pid 4368's new affinity mask: 1<br>><br>> You can see that it wont set it to anything but 1. Also, when I issue the
<br>> following command:<br>><br>> cat /proc/cpuinfo<br>><br>> Only 1 processor is showing...what can I do to resolve this (apart from<br>> using an smp kernel!)<br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>> On 30/01/06, Quint van Drosthagen <
<a href="mailto:cod@se-easy.net">cod@se-easy.net</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Ok didn't know that but still I think the load on the machine will be high<br>> because you still have the problem that each process has to wait until he
<br>> gets processor time.. I'm curious what your vmstat is saying in this cause..<br>> Can you run a vmstat 5 for my for about 5 minutes and let me know what the<br>> procs/b is saying… This line indicates how many procs are waiting until they
<br>> are getting cpu time….<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Regards<br>> ><br>> > Quint<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: Quint van Drosthagen [mailto:
<a href="mailto:cod@se-easy.net">cod@se-easy.net</a>]<br>> > Sent: zondag 29 januari 2006 19:57<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a><br>> ><br>> > Subject: RE: [cod] [COD] SMP Kernels
<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Yes verry… I run a dual amd cpu system, and made a while back to start the<br>> wrong kernel… At that moment everything was separated on one cpu per<br>
> process. That isn't the problem, what the problem is is that you can't say<br>> wich process is going to wich cpu, and that means in my case that one cpu<br>> was overloaded and one was doing nothing. Because of this there was a high
<br>> load on my machine because everything had to wait until it can get cpu<br>> power… So for a short story… Keep using smp…<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Regards<br>> ><br>> > Quint
<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: Carlo [mailto:<a href="mailto:carlomoretto@gmail.com">carlomoretto@gmail.com</a>]<br>> > Sent: zondag 29 januari 2006 13:54
<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a><br>> > Subject: [cod] [COD] SMP Kernels<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Im running a dual pentium mandrake 10.1 server with an smp kernel. The
<br>> server runs 2 cod servers and 1 cod2 server<br>> ><br>> > Would I notice a big difference in performance if I switched to a non smp<br>> kernel?<br>> ><br>> > Thanks<br>><br>><br>
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