BOOTING WITH SUB SOCKET PARTITIONING

A method of booting up a computer system comprising a first multi-cored processor comprising a first plurality of cores and a second multi-cored processor comprising a second plurality of cores is disclosed. The method may comprise configuring a first partition comprising a first one or more cores from the first plurality of cores and from the second plurality of cores, configuring a second partition comprising a second one or more cores from the first plurality of cores and from the second plurality of cores, and configuring a third partition comprising a third one or more cores from the first plurality of cores and one or more cores from the second plurality of cores.