[dmidecode] does dmidecode accurately report empty cpu sockets?

[Ryan Sawhill]

I've found conflicting information about this online and thought I'd 
post a quick question here before I begin deciphering the source.

Obviously if I had a system with at least 1 unfilled cpu socket I would 
know the answer, but alas, I don't at the moment.

So again, the question is: would the following give me an accurate 
representation of the number of sockets, whether their filled with a cpu 
or not?

# dmidecode -t4 | grep "Socket Designation:" | wc -l


Regards.