Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:28:23 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.19-rc3-ac2 SMP |
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On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:26:49 +0200 (SAST), Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: >i'd vote for that =) except for one thing. > >+ /* APICs tend to spasm when they get errors. Disable the error intr. */ >+ apic_write_around(APIC_LVTERR, ERROR_APIC_VECTOR | APIC_LVT_MASKED); > >Isn't that a bit drastic?
Drastic is an understatement. Try "gross". Sane machines running correct code shouldn't throw local APIC errors. If something's causing errors, that something should be fixed, not hidden.
I hope that was just a temporary debug hack and not part of the design...
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