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Re: NetBSD on more than 16 cores?



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 - Hubert


Am 14.01.2011 um Fr. 14.01.2011 00:38 schrieb Jean-Yves Migeon:

> 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).
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Yves Migeon
> jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost



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