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SubjectRe: [Patch 0/2] Disable SW irqbalance/irqaffinity for E7520/E7320/E7525
Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Suresh Siddha wrote:
>
>
>>As part of the workaround for the "Interrupt message re-ordering across
>>hub interface" errata (page #16 in
>>http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/specupdt/30288402.pdf),
>>BIOS may enable hardware IRQ balancing for Lindenhurst/Tumwater based chipset
>>platforms. Software based irq_balance/irq_affinity should be disabled if
>>hardware IRQ balancing is enabled.
>
>
> Can we avoid those tests? Like not starting the irq balancer code at all
> with those chipsets?


That's my preference.

Or, compile with !CONFIG_KIRQD -- the recommended setting for modern
distros, since irqbalanced(1) is shipped.

Jeff


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