linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] IO-APIC blacklist

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Date:	Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:39:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Tear <tarrqt@...oo.com>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] IO-APIC blacklist

--- Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> wrote:

> > +static int __init disable_blacklisted_ioapic(struct dmi_system_id *d)
> > +{
> > +	printk(KERN_WARNING "%s detected... Disabling IO-APIC\n", d->ident);
> > +	skip_ioapic_setup = 1;
> > +	return(0);
> > +}
> 
> Wouldn't this also disable the IOAPIC in the (working) ACPI+IOAPIC case?

Yes, it would. However, I wanted to make my addition
to the kernel generic so that other people with
problematic IO-APIC implementations can blacklist
their systems without checking whether ACPI is enabled
or not.

Thank you for your question/attention.

Regards,
- Tear

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