linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] x86: cleanup early per cpu variables/accesses v4-folded

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Message-ID: <20080428130445.GA7113@ucw.cz>
Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:04:46 +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 0/5] x86: cleanup early per cpu variables/accesses v4-folded

On Tue 2008-04-22 13:42:19, 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).  Changed max setting
>     for NODES_SHIFT from 15 to 9 to accurately reflect the real limit.

NAK. Having redundant option sounds like a bad idea. What is it good
for?

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