linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH][POKE] Skip looking for ioapic overrides when ioapics are not present

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Date:	Sat, 2 Apr 2011 17:11:34 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rjw@...k.pl, kurup_avinash@...oo.com,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, sedat.dilek@...il.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, zersaa@...il.com, stable@...nel.org,
	maciej.rutecki@...il.com
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH][POKE] Skip looking for ioapic overrides when ioapics are not present

> Thank you. Will do if it turns out this is still necessary. 
> Paul Bolle mentioned in another messgage that there is a commit in
> 2.6.38 to the same effect:
> 
> commit 678301ecadec24ff77ab310eebf8a32ccddb1850 
> ("x86, ioapic: Don't warn about non-existing IOAPICs if we have none")

Folks, do you want that commit in .35 longterm or should some other
patch be used?  

Thanks,
-Andi
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