Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:39:54 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: <PING> Re: [patch x86/core] x86: allow number of additional hotplug CPUs to be set at compile time |
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> > Please lets get rid of all this.
The result is that there's no way to override a BIOS now that doesn't declare the number of hotplug CPUs with the Linux hotplug extension.
Completely trusting the BIOS seems like a bad idea.
So I think you still need the command line parameter back, otherwise there's no way to override the BIOS.
-Andi (who wished you guys would check with the original author before removing code you clearly don't understand)
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