Re: [PATCH][trivial] line up 'ESR value before/after enabling vector' messages

[Ingo Molnar]

* Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Has this printk actually been useful ? ever ? I notice a majority of
> the time, it never changes too. If it is useful, how about changing it
> so it prints something if the value changed ?  (Something like patch
> below maybe?) Or is possible for the APIC to lock up between the two
> printk's ?

it was used to debug secondary-CPU startup problems many years ago. It
is also useful to see whether it's a real APIC we got there. I'd suggest
to remove the message altogether.

	Ingo
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