Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261408AbVA1OcD (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:32:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261410AbVA1OcD (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:32:03 -0500 Received: from news.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:35752 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261408AbVA1OaL (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:30:11 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:30:10 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Hugh Dickins Cc: Andi Kleen , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_X86_APIC_OFF for i386/UP Message-ID: <20050128143010.GE6703@wotan.suse.de> References: <20050128133927.GC6703@wotan.suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 711 Lines: 18 > I'm confused! Why do we need X86_APIC_OFF config option (but code > compiled in), with boot options "apic" or "lapic" to enable it, > when we already have the code compiled in, with boot options > "noapic" or "nolapic" to disable it? As you said. The distribution wants a kernel that has it disabled by default, but allows to enable it with an option without recompiling the kernel. None of the defaults allow this and my patch adds that with an option. -Andi - 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/