Merge pull request JuliaLang#19204 from ihnorton/doc_cpu_cores

doc: CPU_CORES reports logical processors
Liozou · Nov 4, 2016 · e90a2e4 · e90a2e4
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diff --git a/base/sysinfo.jl b/base/sysinfo.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ global CPU_CORES
 """
  Sys.CPU_CORES
 
-The number of CPU cores in the system.
+The number of logical CPU cores available in the system.
+
+See the Hwloc.jl package for extended information, including number of physical cores.
 """
 :CPU_CORES
 

diff --git a/doc/stdlib/constants.rst b/doc/stdlib/constants.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ Constants
 
  .. Docstring generated from Julia source
 
- The number of CPU cores in the system.
+ The number of logical CPU cores available in the system.
+
+ See the Hwloc.jl package for extended information, including number of physical cores.
 
 .. data:: Sys.WORD_SIZE