Re: [PATCH] kexec: force x86_64 arches to boot kdump kernels on boot cpu

Andi Kleen
2007-11-27T17:19:21Z

> 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