Re: [PATCH] lscpu : -b and -c option does not give expected output.

[faizan husain <faizanh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Monday 06 August 2012 05:20 PM, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 10:10:52PM -0700, Faizan husain wrote:
>> From: faizan husain <faizanh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> Options for lscpu command are giving incorrect output.
>> As per the man page or help, '-b' option should limit the output to online CPUs
>> and '-c' option should limit the output to offline CPUs.
>> But we could see the output is same for '-a','-b' and '-c' options.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: faizan husain <faizanh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> The -a, -b and -c options were meant to influence the output for the
> extended (-e) and parsable (-p) output options.
> I'm not sure it makes sense to change the default output with these
> options. I'd prefer an update of the man page.
>
> Hm?
This fix is not going to influence the default output with these options 
(-e and -p),
and it does not make any sense if -a, -b and -c option print same output.

Thanks
Faizan