Re: [PATCH] x86, apic: Check fadt x2apic phys in x2apic_phys_probe()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Feb 05 2013 - 07:24:42 EST



* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Stoney Wang <song-bo.wang@xxxxxx>
>
> When HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server boot without x2apic_phys, there will be
> intermittent lost interrupts and could result in a hang or data loss.

What does 'boot without x2apic_phys' mean?

Does it mean x2apic_phys=0 boot command line? Or, because
x2apic_phys is off by default, does it simply mean that if it's
booted with a default kernel, without any workaround specified
on the boot command line?

Thanks,

Ingo
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