# uname -a Linux (none) 2.6.35-rc4 #1 SMP Fri Jul 9 16:15:15 PDT 2010 i686 unknown # cat /proc/cpuinfo ... processor : 23 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 44 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5645 @ 2.40GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 2399.870 cache size : 12288 KB physical id : 1 siblings : 12 core id : 10 cpu cores : 6 apicid : 53 initial apicid : 53 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 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 pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 4801.93 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: # cat /proc/irq/86/smp_affinity ffffff # Header for /proc/interrupts for reference... # CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 CPU4 CPU5 CPU6 CPU7 CPU8 CPU9 CPU10 CPU11 CPU12 CPU13 CPU14 CPU15 CPU16 CPU17 CPU18 CPU19 CPU20 CPU21 CPU22 CPU23 # grep '^ 86' /proc/interrupts && sleep 15 && grep '^ 86' /proc/interrupts 86: 87570 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge eth0-TxRx-0 86: 87577 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge eth0-TxRx-0 # echo "fff000" > /proc/irq/86/smp_affinity # grep '^ 86' /proc/interrupts && sleep 15 && grep '^ 86' /proc/interrupts 86: 87627 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge eth0-TxRx-0 86: 87627 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge eth0-TxRx-0 # Notice the difference between the 5410 and the 5645