linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/apic: check FADT settings after enable x2apic

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Message-ID: <20130131113230.GD4587@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:32:30 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Wang, Song-Bo (Stoney)" <song-bo.wang@...com>,
	"mingo.kernel.org@...il.com" <mingo.kernel.org@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Zhang, Lin-Bao (Linux Kernel R&D)" <linbao.zhang@...com>,
	"Pearson, Greg" <greg.pearson@...com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"suresh.b.siddha@...el.com" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/apic: check FADT settings after enable x2apic


* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:

> Please check attached.

Almost good.

This:

  > When some HP sytems boot without x2apic_phys, there will be

Should mention the approximate models of the systems affected - 
is it just a specific line of systems, or a wider range of 
systems affected?

This will inform users and will help maintainers like me to 
prioritize the merging and backporting of patches.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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