Re: Linux 2.4.12-ac5

[Alan Cox]

> You aren't crazy, it doesn't build here either.  The problem is that
> fixmap.h only includes those defines if CONFIG_IO_APIC is defined. 
> Well, I don't have use IO_APIC (I am UP) but I do define
> CONFIG_X86_APIC.  So it does not compile.

Ahah that would make sense.

> So, the problem is that acpitable.c assumes you have both CONFIG_IO_APIC
> and CONFIG_X86_APIC declared.  It shouldn't.  Even more important, why
> is my system compiling acpitable.c now?  I don't compile anything to do
> with ACPI.  What needs access to the ACPI tables via Mini-ACPI, now?

It is needed for a small number of certain newer SMP systems, and
potentially a lot more stuff in the near future.

Alan