Re: [RFC 1/8] Convert higest_possible_node_id() into nr_node_ids

On Wednesday 17 January 2007 14:14, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 January 2007 16:47, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > > I think having the ability to determine the maximum amount of nodes in
> > > a system at runtime is useful but then we should name this entry
> > > correspondingly and also only calculate the value once on bootup.
> >
> > Are you sure this is even possible in general on systems with node
> > hotplug? The firmware might not pass a maximum limit.
>
> In that case the node possible map must include all nodes right?

Yes.

-Andi

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