Re: [PATCH][2.6] Don't disable IOAPIC with nosmp

From: Zwane Mwaikambo
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 17:25:03 EST


On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>
> > This patch addresses bugzilla bug#1487
> > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487
> >
> > We're disabling the IOAPIC when someone boots with the nosmp kernel
> > parameter, this happens to break interrupt routing for some folks.
>
> I object -- that's a feature. Use "maxcpus=1" instead of "nosmp" or
> "maxcpus=0" (which is an equivalent) to keep APICs enabled with a single
> CPU running.

Nick does maxcpus=1 work for you?
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