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Re: HELP: Number of CPU cores is not right



On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:57:28 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:

> On 06/18/2011 05:21 AM, Camaleón wrote:

>> Ah, found this thread:
>>
>> Debian stock kernel config -- CONFIG_NR_CPUS=32?
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/10/msg01391.html
>>
>> Oops, no rationale then :-)
>>
>>
> I hardly call "module size blows up" to be no rationale for limiting the
> number of CPUs.

Well, if now is set to 512, the problem was not that big, I mean... 
solvable.

> Why 32?  Well, it's a nice power of 2 and lots more than the number of
> cores in 99.9999% of all computers.

That seems not to be a very practical approach to base such decision.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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