Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:56:51 +0200 | From | Johannes Stezenbach <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.31-rc5 regression: x86 MCE malfunction on Thinkpad T42p |
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 02:32:28PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > The appended patch should remove the warning. Can you please test it? > > > > It works (no more warning), but I feel I'm better off using "lapic" > > Thanks for testing. > > > because it enables thermal monitoring and performance counters. > > When the BIOS doesn't enable it then force enabling lapic might not work. > > This could cause either boot failures (obvious) or more subtle > problems like SMM doing something unexpected. Just saying that if you have > strange problems later first try disabling this option again.
Thanks for the heads-up. I remember I tried to use oprofile in the past on this machine and was disappointed that it only got the timer event. I'll keep lapic for now unless I see signs of instability.
Johannes
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