linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v8] x86: Disable x2apic if nox2apic is specified or intr-remap can not be enabled

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Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:25:53 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v8] x86: Disable x2apic if nox2apic is specified or
 intr-remap can not be enabled

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Suresh Siddha
<suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-12-20 at 18:24 -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> put your updated version as v9.
>>
>> like to let ingo or hpa or thomas to decide v8 or v9 to be used.
>>
>>         Changes:
>>                  1. clear x2apic cpu features
>>                  2. disable x2apic later instead of check_x2apic()
>
> Yinghai, It is not the question of just cleanup. changing the apic mode
> has to follow some sequence.
>
> Anyways, I have done all the changes and other minor cleanups. Also
> split up your patch into multiple patches and posted it now.
>
> Please let me know if you see any issue.

updated 4/5 for some minor problem with applying and compiling.

Please check that.

Thanks

Yinghai
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