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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:05:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@holomorphy.com>
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To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5-AC] Forced enable/disable local APIC
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

>  Well, the "lapic" option should override the DMI setting, not the
> APICBASE availability check.  Anyway, I don't insist on this that much --
> while I think consistency is good, none of the "*apic" options are
> actually a necessity for me.  If one needs the option, one may still cook
> an appropriate patch oneself. 

I think the nolapic is definitely needed because i've come across a number 
of bug reports where the simplest solution would be to just disable the 
local apic.

	Zwane
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