Bug 178975

Summary:	/proc/cpuinfo shows wrong value
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Linda Wang <lwang>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Jason Baron <jbaron>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.3	CC:	jneedle, knoel
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2006-0132	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Blocks:	168430

Description Linda Wang 2006-01-25 21:25:28 UTC

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Description of problem:
The /proc/cpuinfo file contains the wrong value on x86 Dual-Core Hyper-Threading enabled platforms. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9-28

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install latest RHEL4 U3 iso on a dual core HT enabled x86 system
2.login
3.cat /proc/cpuinfo
  

Actual Results:  the sibling field has the wrong value, it has twice the value reported.

Expected Results:  the corrected sibling value presented in the field.

Additional info:

Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-07 21:20:35 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0132.html