From: Jos Hulzink <josh@stack.nl>
To: "STK" <stk@nerim.net>, "'linux-kernel'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] How to fix MPS 1.4 + ACPI behaviour ?
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 22:50:32 +0200
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On Monday 12 May 2003 22:40, STK wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If no Multiple APIC Description Table (MADT) is described, in this case
> the _PIC method can be used to tell the bios to return the right table
> (PIC or APIC routing table).
>
> In this case, if the MPS table describes matches the ACPI APIC table
> (this is the case, because the ACPI APIC table is built from the MPS
> table), you do not need to remap all IRQs.

So, it's more or less a bug in the ACPI code that should do some things when 
no MADT is dectected ? Or do I understand you wrong ?

Jos
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