On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > On Sat, 31 May 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > How about clearing cpu_has_apic and smp_found_config instead? As I
> > understand the problem, the local APIC is useless so the kernel shouldn't
> > pretend it's present. And the MP-table is useless without a local APIC.
>
> I agree, but there are already the appropriate checks for wether there is
> an APIC enabled that should suffice.
You may have a valid SMP table and discrete local APICs (i82489DX) which
are not reported in CPU capability bits. The "nolocalapic" option should
handle them, too. Otherwise it would be a surprising inconsistency.
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