[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/6] build: increase default of max lcores to 512

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 02:45:06PM +0100, David Hunt wrote:
> Modern processors are coming with an ever increasing number of cores,
> and 128 does not seem like a sensible max limit any more, especially
> when you consider multi-socket systems with Hyper-Threading enabled.
> 
> This patch increases max_lcores default from 128 to 512.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt at intel.com>
> ---
Thanks Dave, I think this is needed for future-proofing. Question is,
though, is 512 enough, or should we push it higher to 768 or 1k even?