tree 3f5799fd8efb0c8cf7fd6f8ce5c768ef59279b6b
parent fcc5c4a2feea3886dc058498b28508b2731720d5
author Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@rpath.com> 1240364688 -0400
committer H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> 1240367694 -0700

x86: more than 8 32-bit CPUs requires X86_BIGSMP

$ cat x86-more-than-8-cpus-requires-bigsmp.patch

Enforce NR_CPUS <= 8 limitation if X86_BIGSMP not set

Configuring more than 8 logical CPUs on 32-bit x86 requires
X86_BIGSMP to be set in order to boot successfully, if more than 8
logical CPUs are actually found at boot time.  The X86_BIGSMP help
text describes that it is required to be set if more than 8 CPUs
are configured, but this was previously not enforced.

This configuration error has affected multiple distributions:
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480844
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-3022

Signed-off-by: Michael K Johnson <johnsonm@rpath.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090422014448.GB32541@logo.rdu.rpath.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>