linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] x86_64: V2 Support for new UV apic

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Message-ID: <20080331130739.GE14636@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:07:39 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, yhlu.kernel@...il.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] x86_64: V2 Support for new UV apic


* Jack Steiner <steiner@....com> wrote:

> Fix double-shift of apicid in previous patch.

> The code is clearly wrong.  I booted on an 8p AMD box and had no 
> problems. Apparently the kernel (at least basic booting) is not too 
> sensitive to incorrect apicids being returned. Most critical-to-boot 
> code must use apicids from the ACPI tables.

yeah - patch added. Thanks Yinghai for persisting on this.

	Ingo
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