Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs

modulename: bigsmp_32.ko

configname: CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Processor type and features
└─>Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12  
This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs

source code: