Re: [PATCH] arm64: Kconfig: Increase NR_CPUS default to 512

[Vanshi Konda]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 10:03:18AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
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> On 1/11/21 9:57 AM, Vanshidhar Konda wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 10:56:36AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 09:36:15PM -0800, vanshikonda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > From: Vanshidhar Konda <vanshikonda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Increase the default value of NR_CPUS to 512 from 256. This will
> > > > enable the defconfig kernel to support platforms that have upto
> > > > 512 cores.
> > >
> > > Do we already support such a platform, and what is it? I'm fine with bumping.
> > > the number, it's just nice to be able to say specifically _why_ we're dong
> > > it.
> >
> > I'm not aware of any publicly available systems that run into the 256
> > core limitation. At Ampere we have internal systems that would benefit
> > from this change as they support more than 256 cores.
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> But what does that have to do with the default value?
> Do you expect to run defconfig kernels?
> I don't ever expect that.

Sorry. I should have been more clear in my earlier statement. We
currently have systems in development internally, to be available
publicly later, that support more than 256 cores. Given the time it
takes for a kernel version to be adopted by distros it makes sense to
change the defconfig now rather than later.


Thanks,
Vanshi

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