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

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Date:	Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:46:56 -0400
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Tear <tarrqt@...oo.com>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] IO-APIC blacklist

> +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?
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