Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:18:39 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_X86_APIC_OFF for i386/UP |
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> Forgive me for not wading through the code, but it really needs to > be spelt out in the comments: what's wrong with the existing kernel, > with "noapic nolapic" in the distro's bootstring by default?
It's harder to explain and traditionally in LILO you couldn't remove any options (in grub you can now). I think it makes much more sense to have an positive option for this too, not a negative one.
Also I must add my patch fixes real bugs in the code, not just adding the new option.
> I'm not going to be the only one confused by this!
I think there is much more confusion in the current way.
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