linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Document possible

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Message-ID: <87h6imvnc4.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 10:21:31 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
 rdunlap@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
 dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
 hca@...ux.ibm.com, gor@...ux.ibm.com, agordeev@...ux.ibm.com,
 borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com, svens@...ux.ibm.com, kernel@...ccoli.net,
 kernel-dev@...lia.com, "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>,
 Changwoo Min <changwoo@...lia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Document possible_cpus parameter

"Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com> 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@...lia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@...lia.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon