linux-kernel - Re: Dynamic nop selection breaks boot on Geode LX

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Message-ID: <1286224272.6750.70.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:31:12 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>,
	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>,
	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Dynamic nop selection breaks boot on Geode LX

On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 11:46 -0400, Jason Baron wrote:

>  	restart_nmi();
> +
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
> +	arch_init_ideal_nop5();
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
>  
>  /**

BTW, why the irq disabling around the call?

-- Steve


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