[PATCH v2] powerpc: kernel: remove useless code which related with 'max_cpus'

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jul 25 18:06:37 EST 2013


On Thu, 2013-07-25 at 15:59 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
> For my opinion: one fix may like below (assume have removed max_cpus)
> which is more reasonable for code readers.

So instead of just failing to bring the secondary CPUs, but potentially
still having a working system, you crash during boot.... potentially
before a console is even visible. And this is good how ?

Ben.




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