linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for June 13: IO APIC breakage on HP nx6325

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:35:41 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for June 13: IO APIC breakage on HP nx6325


* Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...ux-mips.org> wrote:

> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c	2008-06-18 22:53:34.000000000 +0000
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c	2008-06-18 22:58:45.000000000 +0000
> @@ -1714,6 +1714,7 @@ static inline void __init check_timer(vo
>  		/* replace_pin_at_irq(0, apic1, pin1, apic2, pin2); */
>  		setup_timer_IRQ0_pin(apic2, pin2, cfg->vector);
>  		unmask_IO_APIC_irq(0);
> +		clear_IO_APIC_pin(apic2, pin2);
>  		enable_8259A_irq(0);
>  		if (timer_irq_works()) {
>  			apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE," works.\n");

would it be fine with you if we applied this to tip/x86, as it unbreaks 
Rafael's box?

does PIT programming matter? One detail which might matter and which 
touches IRQ0 generation is the clockevent driver on nohz/highres. See 
arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c:init_pit_timer():

        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN:
        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED:
                if (evt->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC ||
                    evt->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT) {
                        outb_pit(0x30, PIT_MODE);
                        outb_pit(0, PIT_CH0);
                        outb_pit(0, PIT_CH0);
                }
                pit_disable_clocksource();
                break;

        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT:
                /* One shot setup */
                pit_disable_clocksource();
                outb_pit(0x38, PIT_MODE);
                break;

	Ingo
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