Re: Max CPUs on x86_64 under 2.6.x

From: William Lee Irwin III
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 21:14:20 EST


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
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