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

2007-01-16 Thread Christoph Lameter
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > 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. Then we are fine. - To unsubscribe from t

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

2007-01-16 Thread Andi Kleen
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 na

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

2007-01-16 Thread Christoph Lameter
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 val

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

2007-01-16 Thread Andi Kleen
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 poss