Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:36:55 +0200 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [patch] CONFIG_NR_CPUS |
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On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 11:23:11PM +0200, Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher wrote: > > and then go edit every SMP-capable arch's config.in/Config.help > > files. But the arch maintainers should test one case please - x86 > > was locking up at boot on quad CPU with NR_CPUS=2. Others may do > > the same. > > well, what you need to do is make sure smp_num_cpu <= NR_CPUS, > otherwise the kernel will go ballistic on several places within > the code.
*nod*, relying on the user to get it right may not be as simple as it seems. Quite a few people were pleasantly surprised when their 2-way P4 Xeon become a 4-way HT P4 box.
Dave
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