linux-kernel - Re: x2apic boot failure on recent sandy bridge system

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Message-ID: <20111218084732.GH4144@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:47:32 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Berck E. Nash" <flyboy@...il.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: x2apic boot failure on recent sandy bridge system


* Berck E. Nash <flyboy@...il.com> wrote:

> On 12/12/2011 10:13 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > please check -v7.
> 
> Works just fine for me.

That's interesting.

Now if this could be made completely automatic (no extra 
parameter passing), then we have a usable fallback mode - which 
is preferred to crashing the box.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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