Re: [PATCH] i386: add command line option "local_apic_timer_c2_ok"

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Mar 29 2007 - 18:02:55 EST




On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Andreas Mohr wrote:
>
> Please don't, this would break the interface logically.
> X86_FEATURE_xxx usually denotes a *feature*, not a "feature"
> (Micro$oft speak for "bug" ;).

Sure, we could make it positive instead, and I agree it would make code
nicer to read.

> Thus, how about e.g. X86_FEATURE_LAPIC_C1_OK?

I have no trouble at all with something like that instead. Anybody willing
to cook up a patch?

Linus
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