Re: [2.6 patch] i386/x86_64 mpparse.c: kill maxcpus

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Sun Mar 20 2005 - 19:02:23 EST


On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 06:32:03PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:12:32AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 05:42:34PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 08:25:49PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > Do we really need a global variable that does only hold the value of
> > > > NR_CPUS?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > NR_CPUS = compile time
> > > maxcpus = boot command line at runtime.
> >
> > If this is how is was expected to work - it isn't exactly what is
> > currently implemented.
>
> It's ugly, as its setting the same thing in two different places, but
> I don't see any obvious reason why it won't work.
>...

I might be too dumb, but where are the mpparse.c maxcpus variables ever
set to any value different from NR_CPUS?

> Dave

cu
Adrian

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