From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: early-init patch and allow "lapic" to force enable LAPIC patch Date: 12 Oct 2004 18:10:24 -0400 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1097619023.26145.2.camel@d845pe> References: <1097618643.32323.11.camel@darkstar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1097618643.32323.11.camel@darkstar> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: sergiomb-hHo3WeeoaswVhHzd4jOs4w@public.gmane.org Cc: ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 18:04, S=E9rgio Monteiro Basto wrote: > Hi Len, > early-init patch http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1269 > allow "lapic" to force enable LAPIC patch > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3238 >=20 > I just check it now this 2 patches are included on 2.6.9-rc4 > the question is simple, isn't the second patch a replace of the first? Nope. There are systems that used to hang on boot in ACPI mode even though the BIOS enables the LAPIC by default. So the 2nd patch does not replace the 1st, which addresses those systems. cheers, -Len ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl