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SubjectRe: [PATCH][2.5-AC] Forced enable/disable local APIC
Zwane Mwaikambo writes:
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>
> > Well, the "lapic" option should override the DMI setting, not the
> > APICBASE availability check. Anyway, I don't insist on this that much --
> > while I think consistency is good, none of the "*apic" options are
> > actually a necessity for me. If one needs the option, one may still cook
> > an appropriate patch oneself.
>
> I think the nolapic is definitely needed because i've come across a number
> of bug reports where the simplest solution would be to just disable the
> local apic.

People with broken boxes should send their DMI data to me so I can add
their boxes to the local APIC blacklist in dmi_scan.c. "nolapic" is
simply a workaround for the absence of this DMI data.

Notice how silent the Inspiron 8k users are now that the DMI black
list is implemented...

/Mikael
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