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<term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configures the initial CPU affinity for the
- init process. Takes a list of CPU indices or ranges separated
- by either whitespace or commas. CPU ranges are specified by
- the lower and upper CPU indices separated by a
- dash.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Configures the CPU affinity for the service manager as well as the default CPU affinity for all
+ forked off processes. Takes a list of CPU indices or ranges separated by either whitespace or commas. CPU
+ ranges are specified by the lower and upper CPU indices separated by a dash. Individual services may override
+ the CPU affinity for their processes with the <varname>CPUAffinity=</varname> setting in unit files, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
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