Re: [PATCH] docs: Document possible_cpus parameter

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Feb 05 2024 - 12:22:44 EST


"Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon