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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:28:49 +0100 (MET)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Problem with ServerWorks CNB20LE and lost interrupts
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> noapic seems to be needed by a measurable number of boxes, many of which the
> BIOS vendor will never fix or has refused to fix or assist in correcting.

 That's exactly why I consider the removal a Good Thing. ;-)  The only
drawback I see is it would require an actively-maintained SMP hw
compatibility list. 

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+  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
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