update Kconfig comment for NR_CPUS
PATCH 1/1 update Kconfig comment for NR_CPUS
Noticed this when I built a kernel for a 256p machine.
Jesse
=== arch/ia64/Kconfig 1.42 vs edited ==--- 1.42/arch/ia64/Kconfig Mon Sep 8 16:15:14 2003
+++ edited/arch/ia64/Kconfig Tue Sep 9 16:55:14 2003
@@ -424,9 +424,15 @@
support" (CONFIG_PROC_FS) is enabled, too.
config NR_CPUS
- int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-64)"
+ int "Maximum number of CPUs"
depends on SMP
default "64"
+ help
+ You should set this to the number of CPUs in your system, but + keep in mind that a kernel compiled for e.g. 2 CPUs will boot but + only use 2 CPUs on a >2 CPU system. Setting this to a value larger + than 64 will cause the use of a CPU mask array, causing a small + performance hit.
source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"