* [PATCH][2.6] Recommend 'noapic' when timer via IOAPIC fails
@ 2004-07-27 9:29 Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-07-27 9:29 ` Ingo Molnar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Zwane Mwaikambo @ 2004-07-27 9:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel; +Cc: Ingo Molnar, Andrew Morton
We might as well recommend the user boot with the noapic kernel parameter
instead of filling poor Ingo's mailbox.
Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@fsmlabs.com>
Index: linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 io_apic.c
--- linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c 20 Jul 2004 18:14:54 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c 27 Jul 2004 07:23:38 -0000
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ static inline void check_timer(void)
return;
}
printk(" failed :(.\n");
- panic("IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! pester mingo@redhat.com");
+ panic("IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter\n");
}
/*
Index: linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 io_apic.c
--- linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c 20 Jul 2004 18:15:04 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.8-rc2/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c 27 Jul 2004 07:23:55 -0000
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ static inline void check_timer(void)
return;
}
printk(" failed :(.\n");
- panic("IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! pester mingo@redhat.com");
+ panic("IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter\n");
}
/*
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* Re: [PATCH][2.6] Recommend 'noapic' when timer via IOAPIC fails
2004-07-27 9:29 [PATCH][2.6] Recommend 'noapic' when timer via IOAPIC fails Zwane Mwaikambo
@ 2004-07-27 9:29 ` Ingo Molnar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ingo Molnar @ 2004-07-27 9:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zwane Mwaikambo; +Cc: Linux Kernel, Andrew Morton
* Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@fsmlabs.com> wrote:
> We might as well recommend the user boot with the noapic kernel parameter
> instead of filling poor Ingo's mailbox.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@fsmlabs.com>
yeah.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Ingo
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