how do I tell how many processors there are?

[Dave Ciemiewicz]

In article <9102121402.AA10390 at ccfiris.aedc>, c60244 at ccfiris.aedc (Kenny McDonald) writes:
|> >>>Hi! We have a 4D/210 which my boss says it has two processors (the
|> >>>original came with only one). But neither osview nor hinv show two
|> >>>processors, they only show one. I was wondering if there is a nice
|> >>>(i.e., software) way of really telling how many processors there are.
|> >>>I could try running many copies of one job and see how the time scales
|> >>>with the number of jobs (or open the box and check the boards!), but I
|> >>>would prefer something more elegant, like having a program with a loop
|> >>>which I can control which processor will execute, or something like
|> >>>that. Any help will be highly appreciated!
|> 
|> 
|> Try (hinv) to see you hardware inventory.  The first line should tell you
|> how many processors there are on your machine.  In order to run a process on
|> a particular processor try the (runon) command.

The other way to tell is by the machine designation number:

	4D/cp0	c = system processor "class"
		p = # of processors

Following this designation scheme you have:

	4D/210	1 processor
	4D/220	2 processors
	4D/240	4 processors

	4D/310	1 processor
	4D/320	2 processor
	4D/340	4 processor
	4D/380	8 processor

If your system had an upgrade to two processors, the label might say 4D/210
but hinv, osview, and gr_osview should all indicate two processors.  hinv
should report:

	2 25 MHZ IP7 Processors