Comment on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 WparentComments−lloydatkinson4yThat's a big jump. Is there a way of getting Linux to disable a couple of cores?−rbanffy4y`echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-n]/online` should do what you want.−geerlingguy4yEven as root, that gives `permission denied` on Pi OS on the Zero 2 W. I'm trying the kernel cmdline option too.Edit: That works! See: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/disabling-cores-reduc...−rbanffy4yWell… I said it should, not that it would. ;-)−hulitu4yOn x86 there was an option, i think nr_cpus or something like that some time ago. There was also SMP_KERNEL kernel config option.
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That's a big jump. Is there a way of getting Linux to disable a couple of cores?
`echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-n]/online` should do what you want.
Even as root, that gives `permission denied` on Pi OS on the Zero 2 W. I'm trying the kernel cmdline option too.
Edit: That works! See: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/disabling-cores-reduc...
Well… I said it should, not that it would. ;-)
On x86 there was an option, i think nr_cpus or something like that some time ago. There was also SMP_KERNEL kernel config option.