Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:57:48 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86: 2.6.31-rc7 crash due to buggy flat_phys_pkg_id |
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > initial apic id and apic id could be different. > > and we should use initial apic id to get correct phys pkg id in case BIOS set crazy apic id.
Yinghai - I think you missed Cyrills' point. Let me repeat it:
"cpu_has_apic bit turned off"
there's no apic. No "initial apic id". No "phys pkg id". No nothing.
Discussions about "correct phys pkg id" are pointless.
Linus
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