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[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 18dcfdd..b41cde3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -952,14 +952,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Format: <1-256>
 
        maxcpus=        [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
-                       should make use of.
-                       Using "nosmp" or "maxcpus=0" will disable SMP
-                       entirely (the MPS table probe still happens, though).
-                       A command-line option of "maxcpus=<NUM>", where <NUM>
-                       is an integer greater than 0, limits the maximum number
-                       of CPUs activated in SMP mode to <NUM>.
-                       Using "maxcpus=1" on an SMP kernel is the trivial
-                       case of an SMP kernel with only one CPU.
+                       should make use of.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
+                       kernel to using 'n' processors.  n=0 is a special case,
+                       it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
+                       the IO APIC.
 
        max_addr=[KMG]  [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or
                        equal to this physical address is ignored.
@@ -1184,7 +1180,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        nosep           [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
 
-       nosmp           [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel.
+       nosmp           [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
+                       and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
 
        nosoftlockup    [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.