Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:10:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:10:31 -0400 Received: from fe070.worldonline.dk ([212.54.64.208]:5391 "HELO fe070.worldonline.dk") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:10:19 -0400 Message-ID: <3B4B28F8.49A6934A@eisenstein.dk> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:10:32 +0000 From: Jesper Juhl Organization: Eisenstein X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Wedgwood CC: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How many pentium-3 processors does SMP support? In-Reply-To: <9ie450$d1p$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <20010711015128.E31799@weta.f00f.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Chris Wedgwood wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 10:34:24PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > It supports up to 32, if you can find a machine that has that > many. > > I think 8-way is about as high as anything common goes to, maybe > 16. The cpu array is declared 32 long, maybe this should be changed to > 8 by default? > There are some machines (like the Compaq Proliant ML770 - http://www.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/10698_div/10698_div.html) that are actually sold as 32 way systems based on Pentium III Xeon CPU's, so why not let the cpu array be able to handle that many CPU's by default (maybe make a config option?)? - Jesper Juhl juhl@eisenstein.dk - 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/