linux-kernel - Re: [patch 03/53] x86/platform/ce4100: Dont override x86_init.mpparse.setup_ioapic

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Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2023 18:20:39 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>,
        K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 03/53] x86/platform/ce4100: Dont override x86_init.mpparse.setup_ioapic_ids

On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 4:52 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> There is no point to do that. The ATOMs have an XAPIC for which this
> function is a pointless exercise.

CE4x00 are DT based platforms. I never looked at them deeply, so I
don't know how this affects DT parsing on x86.

I have one system at hand, but it has a signed BIOS and I have had no
time to actually break through it and be able to boot a newer kernel
to test...

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko