Re: [PATCH 01/11] x86: Modify Kconfig to allow up to 4096 cpus

[H. Peter Anvin]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> > * Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri 2008-04-25 17:15:49, Mike Travis wrote:
> > > >   * Increase the limit of NR_CPUS to 4096 and introduce a boolean
> > > >     called "MAXSMP" which when set (e.g. "allyesconfig"), will set
> > > >     NR_CPUS = 4096 and NODES_SHIFT = 9 (512).
> > > Why is redundant option 'maxsmp' a good idea?
> > because this way randconfig can trigger it and can configure all the 
> > otherwise randconfig-invisible [or just plain unlikely] numerics and 
> > options up to their max.
> >
> > I found 2-3 "large box" bugs via that way already.
>
> Should we improve randconfig to select numeric values when range is
> given, too?
> 								Pavel

Would not be a bad idea; preferrably with a logarithmic distribution.

	-hpa
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