linux-kernel - Re: Breakage caused by unreviewed patch in x86 tree

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Message-Id: <1209334212.3801.70.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:10:11 -0400
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Breakage caused by unreviewed patch in x86 tree


On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 15:00 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> James Bottomley wrote:
> > I might add that the intel SAPIC functions
> > in roughly the same manner, so this might break more than just voyager.
> 
> Are you referring to the IA64 SAPIC here, or something else?  The only 
> mention of SAPIC in the x86 tree appear to be naming of fields in ACPI 
> tables.

Yes, that's the one ... but I believe a class of the xAPICs also used a
similar principle.

James


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