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DateSat, 10 Nov 2001 13:44:34 +0000
FromJohn Levon <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Adding KERN_INFO to some printks #2
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:45:48PM -0500, Robert Love wrote:

> I went over the patch and found a few things...
> 
> printk(KERN_INFO "No local APIC present or hardware disabled\n");
> 
>  I'd make this a KERN_WARNING.  Consider the case where I compile my own
> kernel and I add APIC support.  If the driver is failing to find my APIC
> then either (a) my BIOS is broken or (b) I should remove the driver. 
> Either way I would want to know.

This isn't what's happening - check apic.c. It is re-enabled if possible,
or a local APIC really doesn't exist. Either way I don't see the point
in a warning.

regards
john

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