linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kexec: force x86_64 arches to boot kdump kernels on boot cpu

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Message-Id: <200711271624.11914.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:24:11 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>, hbabu@...ibm.com,
	vgoyal@...ibm.com, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: force x86_64 arches to boot kdump kernels on boot cpu


> So, it sounds to me then, like unless I'm willing to really re-write the APIC
> setup code (which I don't feel qualified to do quite yet), that the immediate
> solution would be to not rely on interrupts in legacy mode, which was according
> to my understanding, what the use of the irqpoll command line option was
> supposed to enable. 

irqpoll won't fix the timer interrupt.

-Andi
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