linux-kernel - Re: [patch] fix !apic build breakage

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Message-ID: <20060929214137.GB15721@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:41:37 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] fix !apic build breakage


* Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:

> > please dont throw away a perfectly fine config option.
> 
> I can't count how many that silly option already got broken by changes 
> in the APIC code. I definitely wouldn't describe it as "perfectly 
> fine", more as "fragile and tends to fall over when you even look at 
> it".

i disagree. I frequently (daily) boot with apic-on and apic-off configs. 
Very rarely does it break. Today it did, took me 30 seconds and 531 
milliseconds to fix. Spent much more time writing these silly emails ...

	Ingo
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