Re: [PATCH][2.5-AC] Forced enable/disable local APIC

Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@holomorphy.com)
Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:05:14 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> Well, the "lapic" option should override the DMI setting, not the
> APICBASE availability check. Anyway, I don't insist on this that much --
> while I think consistency is good, none of the "*apic" options are
> actually a necessity for me. If one needs the option, one may still cook
> an appropriate patch oneself.

I think the nolapic is definitely needed because i've come across a number
of bug reports where the simplest solution would be to just disable the
local apic.

Zwane

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