RE: 2.6.16rc5 'found' an extra CPU.

["Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>]

>I have a dual core + HT platform. I disabled HT to have the 
>same situation as Dave.
>
>ACPI DSDT dump shows 4 objects in \_PR scope as below.
>
>    Scope (\_PR)
>    {
>        Processor (CPU0, 0x01, 0x00000410, 0x06) {}
>        Processor (CPU1, 0x02, 0x00000410, 0x06) {}
>        Processor (CPU2, 0x03, 0x00000410, 0x06) {}
>        Processor (CPU3, 0x04, 0x00000410, 0x06) {}
>    }
>
>Only 2 are marked enabled in the ACPI MADT..
>
>From boot log
>
>ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
>Processor #0 15:4 APIC version 20
>ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x02] enabled)
>Processor #2 15:4 APIC version 20
>ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] disabled)
>ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x03] disabled)
>
>But proc/acpi/processor also lists just 2 entries.

We were certainly on safer ground when we used
to completely ignore disabled entries.

-Len
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