linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 4/4] x86_64 ioapic: Improve the heuristics for when check

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Message-ID: <5986589C150B2F49A46483AC44C7BCA490736A@ssvlexmb2.amd.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:53:39 -0800
From:	"Lu, Yinghai" <yinghai.lu@....com>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com
cc:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...l.org>,
	"Tobias Diedrich" <ranma+kernel@...edrich.de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>,
	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/4] x86_64 ioapic: Improve the heuristics for when
 check_timer fails.

-----Original Message-----
From: ebiederm@...ssion.com [mailto:ebiederm@...ssion.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:47 PM
To: Lu, Yinghai
Cc: Linus Torvalds; Tobias Diedrich; Andrew Morton; Adrian Bunk; Andi
Kleen; Linux Kernel Mailing List
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86_64 ioapic: Improve the heuristics for when
check_timer fails.


>So that doesn't invalidate the generic test.  I'm going to go dig
>out what little information I have and see if I can stair at the
>register definition.

Someone said we can that info about that reg in Kernel. And only
firmware can use that.

YH


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