Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:16:29 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27rc1 cannot boot more than 8CPUs |
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* Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com> > wrote: >>>> CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH=y >>>> CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP=y >>>> 8 more cpu need bigsmp mode. > >> Just found it under " Subarchitecture Type (Generic architecture)", >> and then it shows the CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP option. > > It works. Booted with 16CPUs. 32GB RAM.
btw., could you please check that v2.6.27-rc3 (or later) kernels boot fine (with about 8 cpus) even if you hae genericarch/bigsmp disabled, and do not silently hang as it happened on your box before?
Ingo
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