Re: How to detect multi-core and/or HT-enabled CPUs in 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels

[Martin Knoblauch <knobi@knobisoft.de>]

>In article <1167235772.3281.3977.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you
wrote:
>> once your program (and many others) have such a check, then the next
>> step will be pressure on the kernel code to "fake" the old situation
>> when there is a processor where <vague criteria of the day> no
longer
>> holds. It's basically a road to madness :-(
>
> I agree that for HPC sizing a benchmark with various levels of 
> parallelity are better. The question is, if the code in question
> only is for inventory reasons. In that case I would do something
> like x sockets, y cores and z cm threads.
>
> Bernd

 For sizing purposes, doing benchmarks is the only way. For the purpose
of Ganglia the sockets/cores/threads info is purely for inventory. And
we are likely going to add the new information to our metrics.

 But - we still need to find a way to extract the infor :-)

Cheers
Martin
PS: I have likely killed the CC this time. Sorry.

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