Re: latest linus-2.5 BK broken

Eric W. Biederman
2002-06-19T12:40:11Z

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:

> If we end up using a default of 1024, maybe you'll have to recompile that
> part of the system that has anything to do with CPU affinity in about
> 10-20 years by just upping the number a bit. Quite frankly, that's going
> to be the _least_ of the issues.

:)

10-20 years or someone finds a good way to implement a single system
image on linux clusters. They are already into the 1000s of nodes,
and dual processors per node category. And as things continue they
might even grow bigger.

Eric