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Linus Torvalds Demotes "FORCE_NR_CPUS" Embedded Linux Option To Avoid Confusion (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Actual tldr seems to be: There was an option to hardcode cpu count intended for fixed devices as in embedded systems where you might compile the kernel specifically for your device. This made it slightly smaller and faster. People did dumb things with this and used it so wrong that the toy was taken away.

Very uninteresting article, super disappointing Lemmy even showed it.