Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262051AbTKGWmZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:42:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262052AbTKGW0Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:26:24 -0500 Received: from jurand.ds.pg.gda.pl ([153.19.208.2]:19922 "EHLO jurand.ds.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264095AbTKGL5G (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:57:06 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:57:01 +0100 (CET) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: Zwane Mwaikambo Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6] Don't disable IOAPIC with nosmp In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Technical University of Gdansk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 873 Lines: 22 On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > This patch addresses bugzilla bug#1487 > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487 > > We're disabling the IOAPIC when someone boots with the nosmp kernel > parameter, this happens to break interrupt routing for some folks. I object -- that's a feature. Use "maxcpus=1" instead of "nosmp" or "maxcpus=0" (which is an equivalent) to keep APICs enabled with a single CPU running. -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/