The 'noapic' kernel parameter only disables IOAPIC use and not all the
APICs (which would include local APICs) in the system.
Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <[email protected]>
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 kernel-parameters.txt
--- linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 24 Sep 2004 14:26:39 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 26 Sep 2004 00:53:36 -0000
@@ -758,8 +758,8 @@ running once the system is up.
noalign [KNL,ARM]
- noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel not to make use of any
- APIC that may be present on the system.
+ noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
+ IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
noasync [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for
all devices.