Re: <PING> Re: [patch x86/core] x86: allow number of additional hotplugCPUs to be set at compile time

[Andi Kleen]

> 
> 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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