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[PATCH] x86_64: Limit max number of CPUs to 255
authorAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:30:58 +0000 (16:30 +0100)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:10:56 +0000 (09:10 -0800)
commit01d4bed417b5943577e9290fbf672ea9a449dc46
treeb04d4b16cc9311f5181e26ebbf3f3202499c8cb9tree | snapshot
parent5b922cd429675059f7a7798f7a0b3898c38dc070commit | diff
[PATCH] x86_64: Limit max number of CPUs to 255

Because 256 causes overflows in some code that stores them in 8 bit
fields and the x86 APIC architecture cannot handle more than 255
anyways.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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