Instead of panic() ignore the "nox2apic" boot option when BIOS has
already enabled x2apic prior to OS handover.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Weidong Han <weidong.han@intel.com>
---

Index: tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
===================================================================
--- tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ static int x2apic_preenabled;
 static int disable_x2apic;
 static __init int setup_nox2apic(char *str)
 {
-	if (x2apic_enabled())
-		panic("Bios already enabled x2apic, can't enforce nox2apic");
+	if (x2apic_enabled()) {
+		pr_warning("Bios already enabled x2apic, "
+			   "can't enforce nox2apic");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	disable_x2apic = 1;
 	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_X2APIC);
 	return 0;

-- 

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/