[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 18.05 v4] eal: add function to return number of detected sockets

[Thomas Monjalon]

08/03/2018 15:38, Burakov, Anatoly:
> On 08-Mar-18 12:12 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > Question: we are ok assuming that the socket numbers are sequential, or
> > nearly so, and knowing the maximum socket number seen is a good
> > approximation of the actual physical sockets? I know in terms of cores
> > on a system, the core id's often jump - are there systems where the
> > socket numbers do too?
> 
> I am not aware of any system that would jump sockets like that. I'm open 
> to corrections, however :)

I think some IBM CPUs had this kind of jump in socket numbering.
Chao?