Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.0test11-ac1 | Date | Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:47:31 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> APICs (probably due to the fact there was no standalone I/O APIC chip > available at that time) so CPUs report no APIC flag. And it starts in the > PIC mode as opposed to the Virtual Wire. I may send you his bootstrap log > if you want to (but not today -- I don't have it handy).
Ok. That means my check is over zealous.
> Could you please tell me what these broken boards report in MP-tables > when there is no APIC? Maybe we could find a way to distinguish them. > All 82489DX-based boards I've met report 0x1 as the APIC revision (I don't > think there are higher 82489DX revisions).
I think it reports 1.1 apics from memory. Its simply hardcoded in the bios rather than the configurable flash area.
The following change should make all of this work
if(vendor!=INTEL && !has_apic) /* No SMP */
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