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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Johannes Stezenbach <js@sig21.net>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Subject: Re: 2.6.31-rc5 regression: x86 MCE malfunction on Thinkpad T42p
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:32:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090810123228.GD6838@basil.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090810122731.GA5863@sig21.net>

> > The appended patch should remove the warning. Can you please test it?
> 
> It works (no more warning), but I feel I'm better off using "lapic"

Thanks for testing.

> because it enables thermal monitoring and performance counters.

When the BIOS doesn't enable it then force enabling lapic might not work.

This could cause either boot failures (obvious) or more subtle
problems like SMM doing something unexpected. Just saying that if you have 
strange problems later first try disabling this option again.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-10 12:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-07 17:09 2.6.31-rc5 regression: x86 MCE malfunction on Thinkpad T42p Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-09 10:03 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-09 10:34   ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-08-09 16:47     ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-10 10:31 ` Andi Kleen
2009-08-10 12:27   ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-10 12:32     ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-08-10 12:56       ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-10 13:29         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-10 19:26           ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-10 19:44             ` Andi Kleen
2009-08-10 20:05               ` Robert Richter
2009-08-10 20:14             ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-10 20:37               ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-10 21:31                 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-10 22:13                   ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-11  9:34                     ` [patch] cache-miss and cache-refs events on P6-mobile CPUs Ingo Molnar
2009-08-11  9:39                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-11 11:06                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-11 11:21                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-11 15:50                       ` Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-11 16:56                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-11 15:40                     ` 2.6.31-rc5 regression: x86 MCE malfunction on Thinkpad T42p Johannes Stezenbach
2009-08-17 14:49                       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-12 11:59   ` *PING* [PATCH]: x86: mce: fix mce warning with disabled lapic Ingo Molnar

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