(In reply to Maxime Thirion from comment #2) > (In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #1) > > IIRC, there were relevant bugs in the early 6.9.x kernels, and it's been > > fixed in the recent 6.9.x release (around 6.9.4). > > If I've understood correctly, with the first buggy kernels the cores > appeared, but tasks weren't always sent to the other cores? > > Here, the cores disappeared from the system with kernel 6.9. > Only dmidecode shows me the 4 cores, but only one is activated. > > And I have the same problem with the latest kernel available on > MicroOS/Tumbleweed: > > cloud:~ # uname -a > Linux cloud 6.9.7-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 28 05:50:47 UTC > 2024 (a5efffa) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > cloud:~ # dmidecode -t processor |grep Core > Family: Core 2 Duo > Version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz > Core Count: 4 > Core Enabled: 1 Then it's a different bug from what I originally thought. Please check with the latest 6.10-rc kernel in OBS Kernel:HEAD repo, and if the issue is reproducible, better report to the upstream.