From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754111AbYDNK2x (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:28:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757413AbYDNK2l (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:28:41 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:39985 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757313AbYDNK2k (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:28:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:28:24 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Nick Andrew Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [RFC] x86: Cleanup prose of Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt Message-ID: <20080414102824.GB20649@elte.hu> References: <20080411154053.GD18242@tull.net> <20080413084536.GB24429@elte.hu> <20080413112522.GD29599@tull.net> <20080414094603.GB3761@elte.hu> <20080414101747.GI29599@tull.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080414101747.GI29599@tull.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Nick Andrew wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:46:03AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Nick Andrew wrote: > > > I wouldn't know that, but I still have to use 'noapic' to get my AMD > > > box to boot :-( > > > > oh. If "noapic" is still necessary with x86/latest: > > > > http://people.redhat.com/mingo/x86.git/README > > Thanks; I'll retest on latest then. I didn't realise the problem was > fixed. just to make sure: nothing _specific_ was done in this area, this is just to make sure we'll both deal with the same codebase. But in general, if a box needs "noapic", that signals a bug we should try to solve in the kernel automatically (even if it's BIOS inflicted damage). Ingo