Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:28:24 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] x86: Cleanup prose of Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt |
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* Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:46:03AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net> wrote: > > > I wouldn't know that, but I still have to use 'noapic' to get my AMD > > > box to boot :-( > > > > oh. If "noapic" is still necessary with x86/latest: > > > > http://people.redhat.com/mingo/x86.git/README > > Thanks; I'll retest on latest then. I didn't realise the problem was > fixed.
just to make sure: nothing _specific_ was done in this area, this is just to make sure we'll both deal with the same codebase. But in general, if a box needs "noapic", that signals a bug we should try to solve in the kernel automatically (even if it's BIOS inflicted damage).
Ingo
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