Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965201AbVI0WLG (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:11:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965202AbVI0WLG (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:11:06 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:19588 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965201AbVI0WLF (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:11:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] MSI interrupts: disallow when no LAPIC/IOAPIC support From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Grant Grundler , "Randy.Dunlap" , lkml , akpm , gregkh , linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, ak@suse.de In-Reply-To: <4339B8EA.1080303@pobox.com> References: <20050926201156.7b9ef031.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20050927044840.GA21108@colo.lackof.org> <4339B8EA.1080303@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:37:50 +0100 Message-Id: <1127860670.10674.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 644 Lines: 16 On Maw, 2005-09-27 at 17:26 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Grant Grundler wrote: > > I've no clue why folks thought it was better to ignore > > the IO APIC on UP kernels. > > Hysterical raisins: the -majority- of the early uniprocessor systems > that claimed IOAPIC support were broken. Not really broken in most cases, but since nobody was using the APIC board makers didn't bother wiring for it. - 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/