Re: Problem with ServerWorks CNB20LE and lost interrupts

[Alan Cox]

> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> 
> >  The "noapic" option should probably get removed -- it was meant as a
> > debugging aid (as many of the "no*" options) at the early days of I/O APIC
> > support, I believe...  Now the support is pretty stable.
> 
> Oooooh that will break a _lot_ of boxes! Otherwise i agree wholeheartedly.

noapic seems to be needed by a measurable number of boxes, many of which the
BIOS vendor will never fix or has refused to fix or assist in correcting.