Re: [PATCH] Option to disable AMD C1E (allows dynticks to work)

Thomas Gleixner
2007-12-14T19:53:46Z

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > LAPIC is seemingly disabled (C1E detection code does this), but
>
> It should only disable the LAPIC timer, but not the full use of the
> LAPIC.

That's what it does. The LAPIC timer is invalidated and registered as
a per CPU broadcast dummy source (CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY).

Thanks,

tglx