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Re: NetBSD on more than 16 cores?



On 13.01.2011 22:03, Phil Nelson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>    I was wondering if there is anyone who has run NetBSD
> (either i386 or amd64) on a SMP with more than 16 cores.
> 
> I'm interested in any experience with 16 to 48 core machines.

I've run and used NetBSD on a Dell (M710), with up to 24 core detected.

However, max number of CPU is 32; IIRC, we still use a bitmask on an int
for CPU tracking, and well, int => 4 bytes => 32 bits (heh).

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Jean-Yves Migeon
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