Re: [RFC][PATCH] IO-APIC blacklist

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--- Len Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

> > +static int __init disable_blacklisted_ioapic(struct dmi_system_id *d)
> > +{
> > +	printk(KERN_WARNING "%s detected... Disabling IO-APIC\n", d->ident);
> > +	skip_ioapic_setup = 1;
> > +	return(0);
> > +}
> 
> Wouldn't this also disable the IOAPIC in the (working) ACPI+IOAPIC case?

Yes, it would. However, I wanted to make my addition
to the kernel generic so that other people with
problematic IO-APIC implementations can blacklist
their systems without checking whether ACPI is enabled
or not.

Thank you for your question/attention.

Regards,
- Tear



       
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