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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] x86/acpi: don't ignore I/O APICs just because there's no local APIC
On 06/12/09 13:11, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> just for the record -- this removement has a side effect.
> Imagine I've passed "disableapic" so I expect as many as
> possible apic-related code would not pass thru execution.
> Now we would have (say for IBM Summit)
>
> acpi_parse_madt
> default_acpi_madt_oem_check
> summit_acpi_madt_oem_check
> mark_tsc_unstable
> setup_summit
>
> Dunno if it harmless or no but it changes kernel behaviour.
> cpu_has_apic cleared if disableapic option (which is early
> param) passed to kernel.
>
> Just a note. Didn't walk thru all ways.
>

Yeah, that occured to me over the weekend. Some of those cpu_has_apic
tests should probably be replaced with explicit tests to see if noapic
was specified. I'll go over it with that in mind.

Thanks,
J


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