Re: [2.2.0pre2] Nitpicks on new CPU defs

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 19:52:14 -0500


> It should probably be done just to test it - it probably _is_ a win even
> on UP, but it's less well documented than the old interrupt controller
> (not so much the hardware itself, but the configuration of it - finding
> the required routing information).
>
> Linus

As a welcome side-effect, it might spread out the exposure to the APIC code
which might turn up bugs/work-arounds/etc faster than just SMP boxes.

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