Two quad core processors, only 4 processors in cpuinfo

[fprins]

Hello there,

I am quite new to Fedora, and just did a fresh install on our new server: it has two quad core processors, 8 GB RAM, quite a powerful thingy...
Installed a fresh download of Fedora 8, did an install of the "2.6.23.8-63.fc8PAE" kernel which is running now.

When looking in the system monitor of Gnome, it only gives information on four processors, cpuinfo tells us this:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5110  @ 1.60GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1595.990
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3194.04
clflush size    : 64

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5110  @ 1.60GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1595.990
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3191.86
clflush size    : 64

processor       : 2
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5110  @ 1.60GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1595.990
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 3
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3191.90
clflush size    : 64

processor       : 3
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5110  @ 1.60GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1595.990
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 3
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3191.90
clflush size    : 64

I was expecting eight processors, or maybe two, but not four...
Can someone tell me if both processors are active, am I overlooking something, or did I mis some installation steps?

thanks in advance, best regards,
Frank

[drunkahol]

The Xeon 5110 isn't a quad core part. It's a dual core.

2x dual core is exactly what cpuinfo is reporting.

What info do you have that they are quad core?

Cheers

Duncan

[fprins]

stupid, stupid, never checked the processor number!
you are right, two dual core's, all is fine.

thanks for the quick respons, best regards,
Frank