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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/11] x86: Modify Kconfig to allow up to 4096 cpus
> 
> * Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>
> > On Fri 2008-04-25 17:15:49, Mike Travis wrote:
> > > * Increase the limit of NR_CPUS to 4096 and introduce a boolean
> > > called "MAXSMP" which when set (e.g. "allyesconfig"), will set
> > > NR_CPUS = 4096 and NODES_SHIFT = 9 (512).
> >
> > Why is redundant option 'maxsmp' a good idea?
>
> because this way randconfig can trigger it and can configure all the
> otherwise randconfig-invisible [or just plain unlikely] numerics and
> options up to their max.
>
> I found 2-3 "large box" bugs via that way already.

Should we improve randconfig to select numeric values when range is
given, too?
Pavel
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