[dpdk-users] Which coremask and "-n" (number of mem channels) should be used for a system with only "node1" (no "node0") and 2 sockets ?

[Kevin Wilson]

Thanks Metthew.
Indeed,  something seems broken in that machine,

Running
dmidecode
gives:
.....
Invalid entry length (0). DMI table is broken! Stop

Kevin


On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Matthew Hall <mhall at mhcomputing.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 09:51:42AM +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have a machine on which there is a bit non common setup: I have only
>> "node1" (no node0) under /sys/devices/system/node:
>> ls /sys/devices/system/node/
>> ...
>> node1
>> ...
>
> If I had to guess then either the BIOS is busted or the CPU is in the wrong
> socket or the RAM is in the wrong socket.
>
> Either way all bets are off how this is going to pan out. Probably badly when
> it comes to getting the top performance.
>
> Some exploration of the dmidecode output on the machine could be valuable.
>
> Matthew.