Re: [PATCH] Revert 2fbd07a5f so machines with BSPs phsyical apic id!= 0 can boot

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Jan 11 2010 - 17:56:26 EST




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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