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Date:      Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:03:37 -0500
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Simon Connah <scopensource@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Any plans to increase the maximum number of virtual CPUs above 16?
Message-ID:  <20210214160337.6vn3xpxj6c6eryvt@mutt-hbsd>
In-Reply-To: <331a93ae-d4d8-e510-4499-7185e31fbbc9@gmail.com>
References:  <331a93ae-d4d8-e510-4499-7185e31fbbc9@gmail.com>

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On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:06:52PM +0000, Simon Connah wrote:
> I was reading the bhyve man page and noticed that it said the maximum num=
ber
> of virtual CPUs is limited to 16. With AMD Epyc being out with 32 cores a=
nd
> 64 threads per CPU and being able to have 2 of them in one system this
> number seems rather low by modern standards.
>=20
> Are there any plans to increase this number to something like 32 virtual
> CPUs?

I'm running into this. I have a server that can handle way more than
16 vCPUs. I know this topic has been talked about several times, and
theoretical discussions keep taking place.

A bit more than two years later, and this is still a topic of
discussion. I'm curious if anyone has a patch to punish me with. I'm
very happy to be a guinea pig.

Thanks,

--=20
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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