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Old 12-02-2009, 05:23 AM   #1
ttsdinesh
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Question Find number of cores in my processor


I need to find the number of cores in my processor. I used
Quote:
/proc/cpuinfo
. But i cant get the number of cores. Can somebody help me? thanks in advance....
 
Old 12-02-2009, 05:27 AM   #2
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The same command works in my case. I used along with 'cat' though.
Code:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
Here is my output, is the info you are looking present?
Code:
[root@mandriva sv]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 15
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T5270  @ 1.40GHz
stepping	: 13
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 2048 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 0
initial apicid	: 0
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 dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm ida
bogomips	: 2791.74
clflush size	: 64
power management:

processor	: 1
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 15
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T5270  @ 1.40GHz
stepping	: 13
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 2048 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 1
initial apicid	: 1
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 dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm ida
bogomips	: 2792.20
clflush size	: 64
power management:

Last edited by sv*; 12-02-2009 at 05:30 AM.
 
Old 12-02-2009, 05:32 AM   #3
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Hi,

You need to look for the following entries in the output of /proc/cpuinfo:

physical id and siblings

The example in post #2 is one processor with 2 cores.

The next example has 2 processors, both have 4 cores:
Quote:
# cat cpuinfo | egrep "physical|sibling"
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
physical id : 1
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
physical id : 1
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
physical id : 1
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
physical id : 1
siblings : 4
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
And there is, of course, the cpu cores, which I overlooked in my initial answer.....

Hope this helps.
 
Old 12-02-2009, 05:48 AM   #4
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But i am geting the following output:
Quote:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.66GHz
stepping : 8
cpu MHz : 2661.550
cache size : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
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 constant_tsc up pebs bts tsc_reliable pni ds_cpl
bogomips : 5323.10
clflush size : 64
power management:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
Number of cores are not displayed.I am running ubuntu in VMWare. Will that cause any difference?
 
Old 12-02-2009, 05:52 AM   #5
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Hi,

I do believe that if you run from inside a virtual machine you do not get the info about the real cpu(s) present (when using /proc/cpuinfo).

Have a look if /proc/vmware/cpuinfo exists and if it does, check that one.

Hope this helps.
 
Old 12-02-2009, 05:58 AM   #6
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Mr.druuna, /proc/vmware/cpuinfo doesnt work. let me try outside virtual machine. Then, how to display core alone? i mean, how to parse the output?
 
Old 12-02-2009, 06:06 AM   #7
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Mr.druuna, /proc/vmware/cpuinfo doesnt work. let me try outside virtual machine. Then, how to display core alone? i mean, how to parse the output?
Yes,try from outside vmwire and post result
Code:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
 
Old 12-02-2009, 06:08 AM   #8
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Hi,

I would grep both cpu cores and physical id, this to make sure that if you have more then one cpu you will notice:

egrep "physical id|cpu cores" /proc/cpuinfo

The above command will show only those 2 fields (which could show up multiple times).

If the physical id field only has one number (0 / zero) you have one cpu, if you see 0 and 1 you have 2 cpu's.
The cpu cores filed shows the amount of cores for one cpu.

If cpu cores says 4 and you have both 0 and 1 entries for physical id, you have 8 cores in total.

BTW: No Mr. needed
 
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Old 12-02-2009, 06:16 AM   #9
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Thank u for ur help.
 
  


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