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PrismaPhonic

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Registered: 2015-07-21

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lspcu lists a wrong number of CPUs. How to fix?

Hi,

When I run lspcu on my computer I get:

Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                8
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-7
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    4
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 58
Model name:            Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Stepping:              9
CPU MHz:               1645.015
CPU max MHz:           3900.0000
CPU min MHz:           1600.0000
BogoMIPS:              6786.95
Virtualization:        VT-x
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              256K
L3 cache:              8192K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-7

While I do have an Intel Core i7-3770 CPU, it has 4 CPUs, not 8.  It does however show that there are 4 cores per socket, and 1 socket, implying that there are 4 total cores.  Why then does it list the number of CPUs as 8?  is it because each core has 2 threads?  if so, when I'm configuring conky, should I configure it for 8 CPUS or for 4?  Is each thread considered an independent monitor-able process?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: lspcu lists a wrong number of CPUs. How to fix?

is it because each core has 2 threads?

Yes.

if so, when I'm configuring conky, should I configure it for 8 CPUS or for 4?  Is each thread considered an independent monitor-able process?

8 "CPU"s -- check `htop`, that will show 8 CPU bars.

`cat /proc/cpuinfo` will give you more information than `lscpu`

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alphaniner

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Registered: 2010-07-12

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Re: lspcu lists a wrong number of CPUs. How to fix?

`cat /proc/cpuinfo` will give you more information than `lscpu`

More data, not necessarily more information.

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