Re: [PATCH 1/4] hwmon: (coretemp) adding package thermal info support

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Guenter Roeck said the following:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 02:42:06AM -0400, Michael Lawnick wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Guenter Roeck said the following:
>> > Search for "Intel, AMD to Continue Raising Chip Core Count".
>> > Intel talks about up to 10 cores per chip, AMD aboud up to 16.
>> > Current limit is 8 cores for Intel, and 12 for AMD.
>> > 
>> > To  be halfway safe, 16 should be good enough for the next couple of years.
>> > 
>> 
>> I'm not really sure, but is your discussion INTEL/AMD only?
>> If not, sorry to disturb your ideal world, but currently there is a MIPS
>> based eval board on my desk with 16 cores. It is typically used in
>> networks.
>> So you are already at the limit with your proposal.
>> 
> On my side, since we were talking about the coretemp driver, it was Intel specific.
> 
Then ignore the noise please.

-- 
KR
Michael Lawnick

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