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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt index e05278087ffa..e71bc6cbbc5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | |||
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ | |||
11 | Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> | 11 | Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> |
12 | ia64/x86_64: | 12 | ia64/x86_64: |
13 | Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> | 13 | Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> |
14 | s390: | ||
15 | Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> | ||
14 | 16 | ||
15 | Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> | 17 | Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> |
16 | Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>, | 18 | Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>, |
@@ -44,11 +46,9 @@ maxcpus=n Restrict boot time cpus to n. Say if you have 4 cpus, using | |||
44 | maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the | 46 | maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the |
45 | other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info. | 47 | other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info. |
46 | 48 | ||
47 | additional_cpus*=n Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets | 49 | additional_cpus=n [x86_64, s390 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. |
48 | cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus | 50 | This option sets |
49 | 51 | cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus | |
50 | (*) Option valid only for following architectures | ||
51 | - x86_64, ia64 | ||
52 | 52 | ||
53 | ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT | 53 | ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT |
54 | to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation | 54 | to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation |
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this | |||
58 | parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. | 58 | parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. |
59 | 59 | ||
60 | 60 | ||
61 | possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. | ||
62 | This option sets possible_cpus bits in | ||
63 | cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set | ||
64 | constant even if the machine gets rebooted. | ||
65 | This option overrides additional_cpus. | ||
66 | |||
61 | CPU maps and such | 67 | CPU maps and such |
62 | ----------------- | 68 | ----------------- |
63 | [More on cpumaps and primitive to manipulate, please check | 69 | [More on cpumaps and primitive to manipulate, please check |