Re: [RFC 1/8] Convert higest_possible_node_id() into nr_node_ids

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Tue Jan 16 2007 - 22:14:48 EST


On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:

> On Tuesday 16 January 2007 16:47, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
> > I think having the ability to determine the maximum amount of nodes in
> > a system at runtime is useful but then we should name this entry
> > correspondingly and also only calculate the value once on bootup.
>
> Are you sure this is even possible in general on systems with node
> hotplug? The firmware might not pass a maximum limit.

In that case the node possible map must include all nodes right?

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