> max_cpus is complicated because it was used for multiple purposes.
I don't see any such uses.
> > This is a fundamental property/limitation of the hardware. Expect qemu to
> > crash if the value is modified.
>
> In this case, the machine cores should be rejecting totally invalid
> values to prevent crashes from occurring. My reading of realview does
> not suggest that a crash would occur. Are you speaking in general terms
> or do you think it will actually fail in realview?
qemu_irq cpu_irq[4];
...
for (n = 0; n < smp_cpus; n++) {
cpu_irq[n] = irqp[ARM_PIC_CPU_IRQ];
I'm pretty sure bad things will happen there if smp_cpus is > 4.
Similar assumptions exist in apic.c, and probably others.
Paul
