Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261960AbVADCMd (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:12:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261963AbVADCMd (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:12:33 -0500 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:34945 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261960AbVADCMY (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:12:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:12:16 -0800 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Colin Coe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Max CPUs on x86_64 under 2.6.x Message-ID: <20050104021216.GA2708@holomorphy.com> References: <44438.202.154.120.74.1104760841.squirrel@www.coesta.com> <20050103221516.GV29332@holomorphy.com> <45567.202.154.120.74.1104797829.squirrel@www.coesta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45567.202.154.120.74.1104797829.squirrel@www.coesta.com> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 681 Lines: 16 On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 08:17:09AM +0800, Colin Coe wrote: > Just one more question, what is the '64 cpus' that you are referring to? > The ./arch/x86_64/Kconfig file states: The "64 cpus" referred to a comparison between i386 and x86-64. i386 SMP machines having 64 cpus were the largest ever constructed with those particular cpus. No assertion regarding x86-64 systems was intended to be made by that particular statement. -- wli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/