> > Is it really valid to go and try to calibrate the APIC timer if it was
> > disabled by the user, or even DMI?
>
> bah, the early boot hacks are just ugly, we do detect_init_APIC early in
> traps code and then just blindly go frobbing the APIC anyway.
How about clearing cpu_has_apic and smp_found_config instead? As I
understand the problem, the local APIC is useless so the kernel shouldn't
pretend it's present. And the MP-table is useless without a local APIC.
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