Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:38:06 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/11] x86: Modify Kconfig to allow up to 4096 cpus |
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* 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.
Ingo
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