Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Format:
                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
                        or
-                       <cpu number>-<cpu number>  (must be a positive range in ascending order)
+                       <cpu number>-<cpu number>
+                       (must be a positive range in ascending order)
                        or a mixture
                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
+
                        This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
                        to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
-                       algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
-                       an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls.
+                       algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
+                       "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
                        <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
                        "number of CPUs in system - 1".