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Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:30:11 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC -tip] x86,apic -- reduce disable_apic usage
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Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> 
>  How do you set cpu_has_apic for systems with discrete local APICs?  The 
> CPUID flag is not set in this case.
> 

Well, should it be?  We do set flags when they're appropriate to us, and
if the semantics are such as that is inappropriate we can set a custom bit.

	-hpa

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