linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 01/14] x86/apic: Add new driver for Secure AVIC

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Message-ID: <20241121054116.GAZz7H_Cub_ziNiBQN@fat_crate.local>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:41:16 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@....com>
Cc: "Melody (Huibo) Wang" <huibo.wang@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 01/14] x86/apic: Add new driver for Secure AVIC

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 10:35:35AM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
> APIC common code (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c) and other parts of the
> x86 code use X86_X2APIC config to enable x2apic related initialization
> and functionality. So, dependency on X2APIC need to be there.

Have you actually tried to remove the dependency and see how it looks?

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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