From: Andi Kleen <ak-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
To: Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb-fmPXVN3awWJAJAzL26g0SA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
linux-acpi-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.0-test4 Fix mpparse properly
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:29:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030908152926.GH5826@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200309081607.59047.adq_dvb-fmPXVN3awWJAJAzL26g0SA@public.gmane.org>
> Are MP tables being replaced by ACPI? I dont think my (nforce2) board has MP
> tables at all, relying entirely on ACPI for APIC/IO-APIC config.
At least the ES7000 has mptables/$PIR
>
> > But I guess for 2.6 it is reasonable if it only works when apic=es7000
> > is specified.
>
> Hmm, not keen on that.. don't like it if it means it'll probably fail to start
> on the ES7000 unless that parameter is specified.
Currently it will fail to start with a normal kernel because it will
only work with its subarchitecture compiled in.
Once someone converts it to use the generic architecture it needs
some kind of probe hook and then that hook can set
es7000_plat. The 2.4 patch just checks for the Unisys OEM table.
-Andi
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-07 20:30 [PATCH] 2.6.0-test4 Fix mpparse properly Andrew de Quincey
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2003-09-08 2:25 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20030908042548.3bbfcf7d.ak-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2003-09-08 10:02 ` Andrew de Quincey
[not found] ` <20030908144934.GE5826@wotan.suse.de>
[not found] ` <20030908144934.GE5826-B4tOwbsTzaBolqkO4TVVkw@public.gmane.org>
2003-09-08 15:07 ` Andrew de Quincey
[not found] ` <200309081607.59047.adq_dvb-fmPXVN3awWJAJAzL26g0SA@public.gmane.org>
2003-09-08 15:29 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
[not found] ` <20030908152926.GH5826-B4tOwbsTzaBolqkO4TVVkw@public.gmane.org>
2003-09-09 13:08 ` [PATCH] 2.6.0-test4 Fix mpparse properly mark 2 Andrew de Quincey
[not found] ` <200309091408.00619.adq_dvb-fmPXVN3awWJAJAzL26g0SA@public.gmane.org>
2003-09-09 13:42 ` Andi Kleen
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