>
> For me the linux kernel should invoke the _PIC method with the right
> parameter.
>
Jos, if you switch to IOAPIC mode after failing you're going to have to
reprogram the IOAPIC again as specified in the mptables, setup_IOAPIC_irqs
does this. As well as do some other setup which ACPI let you get
past in arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c. In a nutshell it'll get very convoluted
quickly.
Zwane
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