From f62a91f6911479642c0018290d4248ace4287648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andi Kleen Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:42:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: Don't reserve hotplug CPUs by default Most users don't need it so no need to waste memory. This means an user has to specify the appropiate number of hotplug CPUs on the command line with additional_cpus=... or fix their BIOS to follow the convention in Documentation/x86-64/cpu-hotplug-spec Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index e566affeed7f..72ab9b99b22c 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ SMP cpumask=MASK only use cpus with bits set in mask additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug - (defaults are specified by the BIOS or half the available CPUs) + (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec) NUMA -- cgit v1.2.2