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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-02-22 16:25:18 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-02-22 16:25:18 -0800
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Merge remote branch 'origin/x86/apic' into x86/mrst
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
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@@ -1772,6 +1772,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
SAL PALO.
+ nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
+ could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
+ supporting 'n' processors. Later in runtime you can not
+ use hotplug cpu feature to put more cpu back to online.
+ just like you compile the kernel NR_CPUS=n
+
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.