Re: AMD zen microcode updates breaks boot

[Jens Axboe]

On 10/18/24 6:49 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 01:58:57PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> The next thing that is catching my eye is your simulated NUMA config:
>>
>> [    1.668943] smp: Brought up 32 nodes, 512 CPUs
>>
>> Lemme see if I can repro that here.
> 
> I can do only 4 nodes here:
> 
> [   23.137188] smp: Brought up 4 nodes, 255 CPUs
> 
> But that thing boots fine too.
> 
> I guess the next thing to try is a two-socket box like yours.

At least on mine, the BIOS has an option that says something like "L3
cache as numa domain", which is on and why there's 32 nodes on that box.
It's pretty handy for testing since there's a crap ton of CPUs, as it
makes affinity handling easier.

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Jens Axboe