Linux had many similar restrictions in its lifetime; it just has a different compatibility philosophy that allowed it to break all the relevant ABIs. Most recen

Linux had many similar restrictions in its lifetime; it just has a different compatibility philosophy that allowed it to break all the relevant ABIs. Most recently, dual-socket 192-core Ampere systems were running into a hardcoded 256-processor limit. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/yes-you-can-have-too-many-cores-amperes-192-core-cpus-break-arm64-linux-kernel-in-two-socket-systems-company-requests-higher-core-count-support-for-mainline-linux https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/yes-you-can-...