linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28-rc6: early panic with boot option "nosmp"

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Message-ID: <20081204220919.GU6703@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:09:19 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc6: early panic with boot option "nosmp"

> but smp_found_config is set acpi_boot_init.. with madt.
> 
> could move that check earlier

Then it wouldn't print the "Using ACPI foo" messages. I think it's better
to put it later like my patch did.

BTW the function could really need splitting up, it seems to do lots
of unrelated things.

-Andi
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