Bug#983923: linux-image-4.19.0-13-cloud-amd64: Please add CONFIG_MAXSMP to the linux-image-cloud-amd64 kernel

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Louis, Noah,

On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 12:52:28PM +0100, Louis Bouchard wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > 
> > Do any of the cloud providers supported by the cloud kernel build
> > (primarily AWS and Azure) offer VMs with >64 physical cores?
> > 
> > noah
> > 
> 
> After doing more research, it appears that the use of the -smp 96 option
> without any other precision creates a VM with one core and 96 sockets.
> 
> When using the option --smp cores=96 the VM is created with 96 cores and one
> socket and the 4.19.0-13 boots correctly.
> 
> So the addition of MAXSMP is not required to have a VM correctly started
> with more than 64 cpus.
> 
> Thanks for you attention,

Thanks for the further turnarounds and clarifications. So I think we
can close this bug now.

Regards,
Salvatore