[PATCH] docs: Document possible_cpus parameter

From: Guilherme G. Piccoli
Date: Sat Feb 03 2024 - 10:22:35 EST


The number of possible CPUs is set be kernel in early boot time through
some discovery mechanisms, like ACPI in x86. We have a parameter both
in x86 and S390 to override that - there are some cases of BIOSes exposing
more possible CPUs than the available ones, so this parameter is a good
testing mechanism, but for some reason wasn't mentioned so far in the
kernel parameters guide - let's fix that.

Cc: Changwoo Min <changwoo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 31b3a25680d0..e553740190ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4644,6 +4644,11 @@
may be specified.
Format: <port>,<port>....

+ possible_cpus= [SMP,S390,X86]
+ Format: <unsigned int>
+ Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
+ regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
+
powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features.
It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
platform machine description specific power_save
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