Details, please. What does `cat /proc/cpuinfo` say?
My intention here is that we should be able to detect
this apparently broken "CPU" by its vendor/model and
clear cpu_has_apic for it.
Alternatively the no_apic label in detect_init_APIC()
could clear cpu_has_apic.
>> 3. What is the exact failure? Hang or crash?
>
>Normal boot until here:
>
>Using local APIC timer interrupts.
>calibrating APIC timer ...
>..... CPU clock speed is 1658.7651 MHz.
>..... host bus clock speed is 0.0000 MHz.
>cpu: 0, clocks: 0, slice: 0
Hmm, obviously a 2.4 kernel.
Looks like a hang in setup_APIC_timer(). My guess is that
the do loops in that procedure don't work if clocks==0
or the local APIC timer registers are frozen.
/Mikael
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