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From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
To: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3] x86: Disable x2apic if nox2apic is specified
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:26:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CCA773F.6000809@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1288331608.2717.14.camel@sbsiddha-MOBL3>

On 10/28/2010 10:53 PM, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 23:27 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> For
>> 1. x2apic preenabled system
>> 2. first kernel have x2apic enabled, and try to kexec second kernel with "nox2apic"
>>
>> Will put back cpu with apic id < 255 into xapic mode, instead of panic.
>>
>> -v2: use x2apic_disabled instead of nox2apic, Suggested by Thomas
>>      update x2apic_supported with x2apic_disabled, Suggested by Thomas
>>
>> -v3: add checking for boot cpu apic id > 255. in that case will just panic
>>      --- pointed out by Suresh.
>>
> 
> Can we please hold off in merging this patch for a bit? There are some
> subtleties in going back to xapic when the platform/cpu's are in x2apic
> mode. I will check and get back to you on this after KS.

sure. take you time.

	Yinghai

      reply	other threads:[~2010-10-29  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-24  1:02 [PATCH 00/15] x86: APIC related clean up Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 01/15] x86, apic: Don't write io_apic ID if it is not changed Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 02/15] x86, apic: Fix lapic mapping with construct ISA and visws mptable path Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  9:47   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 03/15] x86, apic: Merge two register_lapic_address() Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  9:49   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 04/15] x86, apic: Remove early_init_lapic_mapping Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  9:53   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 05/15] x86: Call smp_register_lapic_address for contruct_default mptable path Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 06/15] x86, apic: Use smp_register_lapic_address in init_apic_mapping Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 07/15] x86, sfi: Use smp_register_lapic_address() Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  9:56   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 08/15] x86, visws: Set_fixmap in find_smp_config Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  9:58   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 09/15] x86: on !find_smp_config path use smp_register_lapic_address Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24 10:01   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 10/15] x86, apic: Set fixmap only one time Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24 10:03   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 11/15] x86, ioapic: Only print mapping for ioapic in right place Yinghai Lu
2010-10-25 16:55   ` [PATCH] x86, ioapic: Add debug printing when mapping for ioapic Yinghai Lu
2010-10-25 16:59     ` [PATCH] x86, ioapic: Don't map ioapic regs two times Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 12/15] x86, x2apic: Don't map lapic addr for preenabled x2apic Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 13/15] x86, apic, acpi: Handle xapic/x2apic entries in MADT at same time Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  9:44   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 14/15] acpi: Reverse uid and apic_id print out for x2apic Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24  1:02 ` [PATCH 15/15] x86: Disabling x2apic if nox2apic is specified Yinghai Lu
2010-10-24 10:15   ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-10-24 22:09     ` Yinghai Lu
2010-10-25 17:50       ` Suresh Siddha
2010-10-27  6:27         ` [PATCH -v3] x86: Disable " Yinghai Lu
2010-10-29  5:53           ` Suresh Siddha
2010-10-29  7:26             ` Yinghai Lu [this message]

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