Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 11:57:16 -0600 (MDT)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Natalie.Protasevich@unisys.com
cc: akpm@osdl.org, ak@suse.de, len.brown@intel.com,
       venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] Do not enforce unique IO_APIC_ID for Xeon processors
 in EM64T mode (x86_64)
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 Natalie.Protasevich@unisys.com wrote:

> 
> 
> This patch disables unique IO_APIC_ID check for xAPIC systems running in 
> EM64T mode. Xeon-based ES7000s panic failing this unnecessary check. I 
> added IOAPIC_ID_CHECK config option and turned it off for Intel 
> processors. Also added the boot option that overrides default and turnes 
> this check on/off in case it is needed for some reason. Hope this is 
> acceptable way to fix the problem.

Perhaps just make it unconditional on xAPIC, i also can't see when you'd 
need the kernel parameter, so perhaps lets just leave that out.

Thanks,
	Zwane

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