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can somebody(linux crack) confirm or dement this statement? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Ordinary-Mistake-279@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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i just read now a article about hardcoded scaling on linux, which is a maximum of 8 cores (or maybe even threads?) a few days ago also read that the cpu scheduler get's an overhaul so i hope they fix this issue, too. Article: https://thehftguy.com/2023/11/14/the-linux-kernel-has-been-accidentally-hardcoded-to-a-maximum-of-8-cores-for-nearly-20-years/

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[–] jayaram13@alien.top 2 points 11 months ago

It's a complete misunderstanding of what's going on. The way the scheduler switches applications to ensure they all get prioritized equally was built with 8 cores in mind. All cores were always used.