Re: [PATCH][2.5] Honour dont_enable_local_apic flag

[Brian J. Murrell]

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On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 07:23, [e-mail] wrote:
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>    (And if its local APIC is broken, cpu_has_apic should be cleared
>    rather than setting the dont_enable flag. Post-boot code may
>    access the local APIC if CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC && cpu_has_apic.)

So would you prefer something more along the lines of:

--- arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.orig       2003-04-26 10:34:35.000000000 -0400
+++ arch/i386/kernel/setup.c    2003-06-01 13:11:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -845,6 +845,10 @@
                 */
                else if (!memcmp(from, "highmem=3D", 8))
                        highmem_pages =3D memparse(from+8, &from) >> PAGE_S=
HIFT;
+               else if (!memcmp(from, "nolapic", 7)) {
+                               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, &boot_cpu_data.=
x86_capability);
+                               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, &disabled_x86_cap=
s);
+               }
 nextchar:
                c =3D *(from++);
                if (!c)

b.

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