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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 18:48:41 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Allow NR_CPUS=1024
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* Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com> wrote:

> > Russ, does SGI (or anyone else that you know of) have x86 hardware 
> > with more than 4096 CPUs?
> 
> Yes.  We have a system in the lab with 254 12-core IVB sockets for a 
> total of 3048 cores.  With HT is it 6096 cpus.

It would then be nice to up MAXSMP to 6144 or so.

Thanks,

	Ingo