Re: Linux 2.4.0test11-ac1

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2000 - 13:02:50 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > if(vendor!=INTEL && !has_apic)
> > > /* No SMP */
> >
> > And suddenly certain i486 systems do not work anymore? Well, I haven't
>
> i486 is an intel processor
>

... but doesn't announce itself as such.

> > if (boot_cpu_id != -1U
> > && APIC_INTEGRATED(apic_version[boot_cpu_id]) && !has_apic)
> > /* No SMP */
> >
> > It should filter broken MP-tables and work fine on all 82489DX-based
> > systems. I'll have a patch soon if we agree on this solution.
>
> we could try that. It doesnt seem unreasonable

Seems reasonable enough.

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