Re: [patch 3/8] x86_64:Dont call enforce_max_cpus when hotplug is enabled

Andi Kleen
2005-08-04T10:41:13Z

On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 01:20:20PM -0700, Ashok Raj wrote:
> No need to enforce_max_cpus when hotplug code is enabled. This
> nukes out cpu_present_map and cpu_possible_map making it impossible to add
> new cpus in the system.

Hmm - i think there was some reason for this early zeroing,
but I cannot remember it right now.

It might be related to some checks later that check max possible cpus.

So it would be still good to have some way to limit max possible cpus.
Maybe with a new option?

-Andi