lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2005]   [Jan]   [8]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
Date
From
SubjectRe: 256 apic id for amd64
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:37:50AM +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:12:00 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:14:24PM -0800, YhLu wrote:
> >> After keep the bsp using 0, the jiffies works well. Werid?
> >
> >Probably a bug somewhere. But since BSP should be always
> >0 I'm not sure it is worth tracking down.
>
> I hope by "0" you're referring to a Linux kernel defined
> software value and _not_ what the HW or BIOS conjured up!

No, I'm refering to the APIC ID configured by the BIOS.

> Never trust a BIOS to DTRT.

I won't complicate the x86-64 code to work around non existant
theoretical BIOS issues.

-Andi
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:09    [W:0.037 / U:0.472 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site