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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:16:41 +0100
From: Robert Varga <nite@hq.alert.sk>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.17-pre5
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:30:24PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > This may complicate Rusty's zen scheduler scheme.  It certainly has mad=
e life=20
> > complicated for the BIOS folks.  They had to sort all the real CPUs to =
the=20
> > front of the ACPI table, lest those folks so benighted as to run the cr=
ippled=20
> > version of Win2K (which only on-lines 8 CPUs) only get four real CPUs o=
ut of=20
> > eight.
>=20
> Rotfl, oh that is beautiful

As it happens a guy from microsoft sitting next to me as I read this
claims the DataCenter version of W2K has no limitation on number of
processors.

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Kind regards,
Robert Varga
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