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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: x86_64: apic id lift patch
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 02:31:44PM -0800, yhlu wrote:
> >
> > max_cores should be 2 here.
> No, For E0 single core, x86_max_cores will be 1, the initial apicid
> can not be shifted to node id....
> >
> >
> > Is there a good reason in the BIOS to not make it contiguous?
> >
> amd8111, if i lift the bsp apic id, the jiffies will not be moving....,

It works for other BIOS, so something must be wrong in your setup.
Better root cause that.

-Andi