irqbalance f8

[Matthew J. Roth]

Mike C wrote:
> Ulrich Drepper <drepper <at> redhat.com> writes:
>   
>> "Core Duo" doesn't mean dual processor and if it is a single processor,
>> dual core machine the result is as expected: the two cores share the
>> same highest-level cache (level 2 in this case).
>>     
>
> Now I am really confused - I have gkrellm running and it shows two cpus.
>
> You mean I have only a single processor and two cpus on the same chip - but
> irqbalance only applies if there are two separate cpu chips? Is there a web
> reference that I could refer to in order to understand this properly?
>
> Thanks
>   
Mike,

The irqbalance website does a great job of explaining interrupt 
balancing, including how cache domains effect it.

Check it out: http://www.irqbalance.org/documentation.php

Regards,

Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer