Re: BUG lapic: Can't boot on battery (2.6.21-rc{1,2,3,4})

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 13:15 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> +		return;
> +	}}
> +

Ooops, sorry. Did not quilt refresh before sending it out. Correct
version below.

	tglx

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
index 5cff797..83cf98d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ static int enable_local_apic __initdata = 0;
 
 /* Local APIC timer verification ok */
 static int local_apic_timer_verify_ok;
+/* Disable local APIC timer from the kernel commandline */
+static int local_apic_timer_disabled;
 
 /*
  * Debug level, exported for io_apic.c
@@ -340,6 +342,13 @@ void __init setup_boot_APIC_clock(void)
 	long delta, deltapm;
 	int pm_referenced = 0;
 
+	if (local_apic_timer_disabled) {
+		/* No broadcast on UP ! */
+		if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
+			setup_APIC_timer();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, "Using local APIC timer interrupts.\n"
 		    "calibrating APIC timer ...\n");
 
@@ -1179,6 +1188,13 @@ static int __init parse_nolapic(char *arg)
 }
 early_param("nolapic", parse_nolapic);
 
+static int __init parse_disable_lapic_timer(char *arg)
+{
+	local_apic_timer_disabled = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nolapic_timer", parse_disable_lapic_timer);
+
 static int __init apic_set_verbosity(char *str)
 {
 	if (strcmp("debug", str) == 0)


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