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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [patch] NODE_SHIFT

To: Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [patch] NODE_SHIFT
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:04:20 -0600
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On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 17:21 +0200, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> > 
> >    Doesn't supporting 256 nodes, but only 64 CPUs seem a little out of
> > balance?  I can't see making NODES_SHIFT more than about 6 with the
> > current NR_CPUS.  Are we ready to increase NR_CPUS too?  Thanks,
> 
> We offer memory-only blades in our systems :-)
> 
> I plan to bump up NR_CPUS too at some point, but if you prefer we can
> set NODES_SHIFT to 6 for now, but that just means you'll have to take
> another patch for it later.

   Ok, I'll go with 8 since since we know NR_CPUS set to 64 isn't going
to last us much longer.  Applied.  Thanks,

        Alex

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Alex Williamson                             HP Open Source & Linux Org.


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