allowed, in which case the cpus not present at startup will be in the offline state. (These cpus can be HOTPLUGGED ON after system startup [pending a follow-on patch to provide the capability via the /sys/devices/sys/cpu/cpuN/online mechanism to bring them online.]) By design, the "offlined cpus > possible cpus" display will always use the following formats: * all possible cpus online: "x$" or "x-y$" * some possible cpus offline: ".*,x$" or ".*,x-y$" where: x == number of possible cpus (nr_cpu_ids); and y == number of cpus >= NR_CPUS or maxcpus (if y > x). One use of this feature is for distros to select (or configure) the appropriate kernel to install for the resident system. Notes: * cpus offlined <= possible cpus will be printed for all architectures. * cpus offlined > possible cpus will only be printed for arches that set 'total_cpus' [X86 only in this patch]. Based on tip/cpus4096 + .../rusty/linux-2.6-for-ingo.git/master + x86-only-patches sent 12/15. Signed-off-by: Mike Travis Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell 07`'—