Yes, you can have too many CPU cores - Ampere's 192-core chips break ARM64 Linux kernel in two-socket systems, company requests higher core count support - eviltoast
  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Umm, build it yourselves…? Anyone can fork an build a custom kernel.

    Edit: looks like they kinda sorta did.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah the headline is stupid bait.

      They already built it. They’re trying to contribute the change upstream.

      Which is technically “requesting higher core support”, but is a very obnoxious way to phrase it.

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      1 year ago

      If you fork it, you’re stuck maintaining your own kernel. It quickly becomes a nightmare as you accumulate more custom changes while bringing in fixes/features from mainline kernel.

      They’ve already submitted a patch to change the mainline/upstream kernel. If the community/maintainers accept the patch then they won’t need to fork it and can rely on distros backporting the support to older/downstream kernels if needed.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Isnt proposing it something different than just creating a pull request?
      I’d say waiting for green light from the maintainers and then work on it might be more beneficial.

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        1 year ago

        From my understanding, many companies have forked the main kernel to shape it to their needs. But I could be wrong.