From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Ix45b-0003rD-13 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:19:22 +0000 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: force x86_64 arches to boot kdump kernels on boot cpu Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:24:11 +0100 References: <20071127014740.GA28622@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> <200711271543.11809.ak@suse.de> <20071127144856.GC31376@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> In-Reply-To: <20071127144856.GC31376@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711271624.11914.ak@suse.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Neil Horman Cc: Neil Horman , kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hbabu@us.ibm.com, vgoyal@in.ibm.com, "Eric W. Biederman" > So, it sounds to me then, like unless I'm willing to really re-write the APIC > setup code (which I don't feel qualified to do quite yet), that the immediate > solution would be to not rely on interrupts in legacy mode, which was according > to my understanding, what the use of the irqpoll command line option was > supposed to enable. irqpoll won't fix the timer interrupt. -Andi _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759471AbXK0RTV (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:19:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758037AbXK0RTP (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:19:15 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:41565 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755368AbXK0RTO (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:19:14 -0500 From: Andi Kleen Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) To: Neil Horman Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: force x86_64 arches to boot kdump kernels on boot cpu Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:24:11 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" , Neil Horman , hbabu@us.ibm.com, vgoyal@in.ibm.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20071127014740.GA28622@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> <200711271543.11809.ak@suse.de> <20071127144856.GC31376@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> In-Reply-To: <20071127144856.GC31376@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711271624.11914.ak@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > So, it sounds to me then, like unless I'm willing to really re-write the APIC > setup code (which I don't feel qualified to do quite yet), that the immediate > solution would be to not rely on interrupts in legacy mode, which was according > to my understanding, what the use of the irqpoll command line option was > supposed to enable. irqpoll won't fix the timer interrupt. -Andi