2009-12-25 17:44:58

by Tvrtko Ursulin

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Subject: 2.6.33-rc1: 6 Processors exceeds NR_CPUS limit of 4


Hi,

Just noticed this message in dmesg. What is this about? Machine is supposed to
have a dual core CPU "unlocked" to four cores and it works like that without
any visible problems so far:

processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 4
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 B45 Processor
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni
monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a
misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt
bogomips : 5999.90
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 4
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 B45 Processor
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 3000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni
monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a
misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt
bogomips : 6000.37
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 2
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 4
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 B45 Processor
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 2
initial apicid : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni
monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a
misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt
bogomips : 6000.42
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 3
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 4
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 B45 Processor
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 3
initial apicid : 3
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni
monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a
misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt
bogomips : 6000.37
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate


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2009-12-26 05:47:37

by Yinghai Lu

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Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc1: 6 Processors exceeds NR_CPUS limit of 4

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Tvrtko Ursulin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed this message in dmesg. What is this about? Machine is supposed to
> have a dual core CPU "unlocked" to four cores and it works like that without
> any visible problems so far:

[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x02] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x03] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x05] lapic_id[0x84] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x06] lapic_id[0x85] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
[ 0.000000] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 33, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
[ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 low level)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[ 0.000000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8300 base: 0xfed00000
[ 0.000000] 6 Processors exceeds NR_CPUS limit of 4

MADT has two disable entries...

YH

2009-12-26 11:57:54

by Tvrtko Ursulin

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Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc1: 6 Processors exceeds NR_CPUS limit of 4

On Saturday 26 Dec 2009 05:47:34 Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Tvrtko Ursulin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just noticed this message in dmesg. What is this about? Machine is
> > supposed to have a dual core CPU "unlocked" to four cores and it works
> > like that without any visible problems so far:
>
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x02] enabled)
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x03] enabled)
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x05] lapic_id[0x84] disabled)
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x06] lapic_id[0x85] disabled)
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
> [ 0.000000] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 33, address 0xfec00000, GSI
> 0-23 [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl
> dfl) [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 low
> level) [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
> [ 0.000000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
> [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8300 base: 0xfed00000
> [ 0.000000] 6 Processors exceeds NR_CPUS limit of 4
>
> MADT has two disable entries...

I see. Does this mean ACPI is designed to support up to six CPUs, lets say
some future models? Anyway I recompiled the kernel with 6 MAX_CPUS just to
shut up this warning.

Tvrtko