Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:55:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
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       "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert 2fbd07a5f so machines with BSPs phsyical apic id
 != 0 can boot
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On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> 
> So far, I don't see a need for the revert.

It's very easy. It breaks. You don't have a fix. We'll revert it.

There's no need to "see a need". That's not how it works. It works the 
other way around: I don't see a need for a known-broken patch, which is 
why it will be reverted since apparently you don't understand why it is 
broken.

		Linus
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