linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] x86: Modify Kconfig to allow up to 4096 cpus

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Message-ID: <20080427103933.GA5168@ucw.cz>
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:39:33 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] x86: Modify Kconfig to allow up to 4096 cpus

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?
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