Re: [PATCH][2.5] Honour dont_enable_local_apic flag

From: Brian J. Murrell (brian@interlinx.bc.ca)
Date: Sun Jun 01 2003 - 12:25:33 EST

On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 07:23, mikpe@csd.uu.se wrote:
>
> (And if its local APIC is broken, cpu_has_apic should be cleared
> rather than setting the dont_enable flag. Post-boot code may
> access the local APIC if CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC && cpu_has_apic.)

So would you prefer something more along the lines of:

--- arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.orig 2003-04-26 10:34:35.000000000 -0400
+++ arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2003-06-01 13:11:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -845,6 +845,10 @@
                 */
                else if (!memcmp(from, "highmem=", 8))
                        highmem_pages = memparse(from+8, &from) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ else if (!memcmp(from, "nolapic", 7)) {
+ clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+ set_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, &disabled_x86_caps);
+ }
 nextchar:
                c = *(from++);
                if (!c)

b. 

-- 
Brian J. Murrell <brian@interlinx.bc.ca>
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