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At some point in the past, someone wrote: >> Furthermore, I/O-APIC usage requires (in hardware) that the >> processor has a local APIC. On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:58:59AM -0600, Ryan Underwood wrote: > What can the APIC support alone accomplish, without an I/O-APIC? > Just NMI watchdog and related things? (looking at CONFIG_APIC help) > Looks like I/O-APIC is the real desired feature, but a functioning local > APIC, though not very useful by itself, is a prerequisite for it. LVT interrupts are likely still usable in such scenarios. -- wli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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