#include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 extern char *sparc_cpu_type;
 extern char *sparc_fpu_type;
 
+static int ncpus_probed;
+
 static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *__unused)
 {
        seq_printf(m,
                   romvec->pv_printrev >> 16,
                   romvec->pv_printrev & 0xffff,
                   &cputypval,
-                  num_possible_cpus(),
+                  ncpus_probed,
                   num_online_cpus()
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
                   , cpu_data(0).udelay_val/(500000/HZ),
 
 int serial_console = -1;
 int stop_a_enabled = 1;
+
+static int __init topology_init(void)
+{
+       int i, ncpus, err;
+
+       /* Count the number of physically present processors in
+        * the machine, even on uniprocessor, so that /proc/cpuinfo
+        * output is consistent with 2.4.x
+        */
+       ncpus = 0;
+       while (!cpu_find_by_instance(ncpus, NULL, NULL))
+               ncpus++;
+       ncpus_probed = ncpus;
+
+       err = 0;
+       for_each_online_cpu(i) {
+               struct cpu *p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!p)
+                       err = -ENOMEM;
+               else
+                       register_cpu(p, i, NULL);
+       }
+
+       return err;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(topology_init);