From: davej@codemonkey.org.uk To: torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: [PATCH] max_cpus overflow. Without the below patch, my HT 2-way prints out "CPUS Done 4294967295" on boot, which whilst amusing is somewhat exaggerated. diff -urpN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude bk-linus/init/main.c linux-2.5/init/main.c --- bk-linus/init/main.c 2002-10-20 20:34:00.000000000 -0100 +++ linux-2.5/init/main.c 2002-10-25 15:43:43.000000000 -0100 @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int rows, cols; char *execute_command; /* Setup configured maximum number of CPUs to activate */ -static unsigned int max_cpus = UINT_MAX; +static unsigned int max_cpus = NR_CPUS; /* * Setup routine for controlling SMP activation