Re: [patch 2/2] x2apic: use x2apic id reported by cpuid duringtopology discovery

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Aug 18 2008 - 20:24:27 EST



* Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> use x2apic id reported by cpuid during topology discovery, instead of the
> apic id configured in the APIC. For most of the systems, x2apic id
> reported by cpuid leaf 0xb will be same as the physical apic id reported
> by the APIC_ID register of the APIC. We follow the suggested guidelines
> and use the apic id reported by the cpuid.
>
> No change to non-generic UV platforms, will use the apic id reported in the
> APIC_ID register as the cpuid reported apic id's may not be unique.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>

applied both fixes to tip/x86/x2apic - thanks Suresh!

Ingo
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