Comment 2 for bug 1568952

Hello,

I am not against the modification but would like to understand better the rationale behind this. According to the kernel doc we have :
        maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
                        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.

        nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
                        could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
                        supporting 'n' processors. Later in runtime you can not
                        use hotplug cpu feature to put more cpu back to online.
                        just like you compile the kernel NR_CPUS=n

I personally would be inclined to use maxcpus=0 and totally disable SMP but I am opened to other options.

Kind regards,

...Louis