linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/x86: Encourage rather than discourage x2apic support

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Message-ID: <87v98u32s5.ffs@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:30:18 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Luke Dashjr <luke@...hjr.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        trivial@...nel.org, x86@...nel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/x86: Encourage rather than discourage x2apic support

On Wed, Mar 31 2021 at 05:16, Luke Dashjr wrote:

> Multi-core SMP doesn't work on modern Intel CPUs (at least Comet Lake) without
> x2apic. Unsure users should say Y.

I'd rather make it explicit by also adding

    default y
   
Thanks,

        tglx