CONFIG_NR_CPUS

Josh Boyer jwboyer at redhat.com
Sun May 20 01:07:40 UTC 2012


On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 02:54:33PM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> 
> >* Tue Jan 17 2012 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
> >- Rawhide builds now use MAXSMP on x86.
> >- For release builds, set x86-64 to support 64 CPUs.
> >  If larger systems become widespread, we can increase in an update.
> 
> _today_
> 
> amd:   4sockets * 16cores = 64

Awesome.  Got that covered still.

> intel: 4sockets * 10cores * 2threads = 80

Which particular CPU/Motherboard combo is that, and how often do we see
it in Fedora?

I'm not opposed to bumping it up to 128 or something, but I'm curious
how many people are actually going to see benefits.

josh


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