x86: make x86_64 accept the max_cpus parameter

The parameter passing parsing is done in the common smpboot.c

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c

@@ -268,3 +268,15 @@ void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * If the BIOS enumerates physical processors before logical,
+ * maxcpus=N at enumeration-time can be used to disable HT.
+ */
+static int __init parse_maxcpus(char *arg)
+{
+	extern unsigned int maxcpus;
+
+	maxcpus = simple_strtoul(arg, NULL, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("maxcpus", parse_maxcpus);