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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1bbcaa8982b6..8a8cb0ccc5f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
995 | Format: | 995 | Format: |
996 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> | 996 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> |
997 | or | 997 | or |
998 | <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order) | 998 | <cpu number>-<cpu number> |
999 | (must be a positive range in ascending order) | ||
999 | or a mixture | 1000 | or a mixture |
1000 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> | 1001 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> |
1002 | |||
1001 | This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs | 1003 | This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs |
1002 | to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling | 1004 | to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling |
1003 | algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off | 1005 | algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an |
1004 | an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls. | 1006 | "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. |
1005 | <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is | 1007 | <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is |
1006 | "number of CPUs in system - 1". | 1008 | "number of CPUs in system - 1". |
1007 | 1009 | ||