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* Interactions with [[cpuid]] | * Interactions with [[cpuid]] | ||
* HyperThreading requires CPU, BIOS and OS support. It's found on some P4's and Core2Duo's, especially from the Xeon line. | * HyperThreading requires CPU, BIOS and OS support. It's found on some P4's and Core2Duo's, especially from the Xeon line. | ||
<pre>[recombinator](0) $ sudo virsh nodeinfo | <pre>[recombinator](0) $ sudo virsh nodeinfo | ||
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apicid : 1 | apicid : 1 | ||
initial apicid : 1 | initial apicid : 1 | ||
[recombinator](0) $</pre> | [recombinator](0) $</pre>==libvirt== | ||
* <tt>virsh(1)</tt>'s <tt>nodeinfo</tt> command can be pretty useful: | |||
<pre>[wopr](0) $ virsh nodeinfo | |||
CPU model: x86_64 | |||
CPU(s): 16 | |||
CPU frequency: 1600 MHz | |||
CPU socket(s): 4 | |||
Core(s) per socket: 4 | |||
Thread(s) per core: 1 | |||
NUMA cell(s): 1 | |||
Memory size: 66113480 kB | |||
*P4 Xeon, HyperThreading enabled, 1 core per socket, 2 sockets: 4 total execution units (2.6.25-2-686) | *P4 Xeon, HyperThreading enabled, 1 core per socket, 2 sockets: 4 total execution units (2.6.25-2-686) | ||
<pre>scurdev@hrududu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | <pre>scurdev@hrududu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | ||
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NUMA cell(s): 1 | NUMA cell(s): 1 | ||
Memory size: 66113480 kB | Memory size: 66113480 kB | ||
[wopr](0) $ </pre> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [http://osdir.com/ml/linux.ports.x86-64.general/2005-10/msg00022.html This LKML thread] provides much information | * [http://osdir.com/ml/linux.ports.x86-64.general/2005-10/msg00022.html This LKML thread] provides much information | ||
Revision as of 23:36, 17 April 2009
The primary specification for multiprocessor x86-based setups is the Intel MultiProcessor Specification (last updated, AFAIK, to revision-006 on 1995-05-15).
- ACPI
- The MADT table can supply multiprocessor configuration
- MP Table
- Interactions with cpuid
- HyperThreading requires CPU, BIOS and OS support. It's found on some P4's and Core2Duo's, especially from the Xeon line.
[recombinator](0) $ sudo virsh nodeinfo CPU model: x86_64 CPU(s): 2 CPU frequency: 1596 MHz CPU socket(s): 1 Core(s) per socket: 2 Thread(s) per core: 1 NUMA cell(s): 1 Memory size: 3908568 kB [recombinator](0) $
/proc/cpuinfo
On Linux kernels with the proc filesystem enabled (and FreeBSD kernels with the linprocfs module loaded, although this does not provide all of the information as native Linux /proc/cpuinfo), the mounted proc/linprocfs filesystem contains a file cpuinfo (this is independent of any CPU-related modules being loaded, particularly cpuid on Linux or either OS's cpu module). Interpreting this file, as it pertains to multiple execution units, can be difficult. The following applies to Linux 2.6 kernels:
- A physical_id corresponds to a socket ("physical package"), of which there are >=1 per machine. Physical IDs do not necessarily monotonically increase across processors, and thus the maximum physical_id does not by itself determine the number of sockets!
- A core_id corresponds to a core ("logical processor"), of which there are >=1 per physical_id
- A processor ID corresponds to an architectural state (HyperThreading == 2 per HyperThreaded core)
- HyperThreading is in use only if 'siblings' != 'cpu cores' (from http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_46_10715.shtm)
- The 'ht' processor capabilities bit corresponds not to HyperThreading, but to the ability to report sibling count
Examples
I've removed all output from the following examples, save that related to SMP identification.
- EMT64 Xeon, no HyperThreading support, 4 cores per socket, 4 sockets: 16 total execution units (2.6.26) (Dell R900)
[wopr](0) $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep ^proc\|^model\ \|^phys\|^sib\|^core\|^cpu\ c\|^ap\|^init processor : 0 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 processor : 1 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 2 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 8 initial apicid : 8 processor : 2 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 4 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 16 initial apicid : 16 processor : 3 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 6 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 24 initial apicid : 24 processor : 4 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 2 initial apicid : 2 processor : 5 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 2 siblings : 4 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 10 initial apicid : 10 processor : 6 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 4 siblings : 4 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 18 initial apicid : 18 processor : 7 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 6 siblings : 4 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 26 initial apicid : 26 processor : 8 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 processor : 9 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 2 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 9 initial apicid : 9 processor : 10 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 4 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 17 initial apicid : 17 processor : 11 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 6 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 25 initial apicid : 25 processor : 12 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 3 initial apicid : 3 processor : 13 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 2 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 11 initial apicid : 11 processor : 14 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 4 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 19 initial apicid : 19 processor : 15 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz physical id : 6 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 27 initial apicid : 27 [wopr](0) $
- Core 2 Duo, no HyperThreading support, 2 cores per socket, 1 socket: 2 total execution units (2.6.26)
[recombinator](0) $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 processor : 1 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 [recombinator](0) $
==libvirt==
- virsh(1)'s nodeinfo command can be pretty useful:
[wopr](0) $ virsh nodeinfo CPU model: x86_64 CPU(s): 16 CPU frequency: 1600 MHz CPU socket(s): 4 Core(s) per socket: 4 Thread(s) per core: 1 NUMA cell(s): 1 Memory size: 66113480 kB *P4 Xeon, HyperThreading enabled, 1 core per socket, 2 sockets: 4 total execution units (2.6.25-2-686) <pre>scurdev@hrududu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 processor : 1 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 processor : 2 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz physical id : 3 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 processor : 3 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz physical id : 3 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 scurdev@hrududu:~$
- P4 Xeon, HyperThreading disabled, 1 core per socket, 2 sockets: 2 total execution units (2.6.25-2-686)
[aho](0) $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz processor : 1 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz [aho](0) $
- P4 Xeon Celeron, HyperThreading disabled, 1 core per socket, 1 socket: 1 total execution unit (2.6.25-2-686)
[knuth](0) $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz [knuth](0) $
Sysctl
On FreeBSD, CPU/SMP information is primarily exported through the sysctl(8) interface. Seemingly relevant sysctls are listed below:
- kern.smp.cpus and hw.ncpu
- machdep.hyperthreading.allowed
- kern.threads.virtual_cpu
libvirt
- virsh(1)'s nodeinfo command can be pretty useful:
[wopr](0) $ virsh nodeinfo CPU model: x86_64 CPU(s): 16 CPU frequency: 1600 MHz CPU socket(s): 4 Core(s) per socket: 4 Thread(s) per core: 1 NUMA cell(s): 1 Memory size: 66113480 kB [wopr](0) $
See also
- This LKML thread provides much information
