linux-kernel - Re: Latest tip kernel(3.2-rc1-tip_cf6b3899) fails to boot on x3850x5 machine

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Date:	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:40:29 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Subject: Re: Latest tip kernel(3.2-rc1-tip_cf6b3899) fails to boot on x3850x5
 machine


* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:

>  config X86_X2APIC
>  	bool "Support x2apic"
> -	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP
> +	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64
> +	select IRQ_REMAP

IRQ_REMAP is a 'complex' option:

config IRQ_REMAP
        bool "Support for Interrupt Remapping (EXPERIMENTAL)"
        depends on X86_64 && X86_IO_APIC && PCI_MSI && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
        select DMAR_TABLE

and selecting such complex options is generally dangerous, as 
the sub-dependencies are not explicitly selected. So if say 
PCI_MSI or ACPI are disabled, the select will still be performed 
by X86_X2APIC.

Can we make the IRQ_REMAP default depend on X86_X2APIC or so, to 
solve this problem?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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