Re: [PATCH] x86, perf, nmi: Disable perf if counters are notaccessable

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 19:21 +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> Due to BIOS l(ocal)apic is not possible:
> 
> # dmesg | grep -i apic
> [    0.000000] Using APIC driver default
> [    0.000000] Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
> [    0.000000] APIC: disable apic facility
> [    0.000000] APIC: switched to apic NOOP
> [    0.008891] no APIC, boot with the "lapic" boot parameter to force-enable it.
> [    0.036141] Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation. 

Have you tried booting with "lapic" as the second last msg suggests you
do?
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