Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_X86_APIC_OFF for i386/UP

[Andi Kleen]

> Forgive me for not wading through the code, but it really needs to
> be spelt out in the comments: what's wrong with the existing kernel,
> with "noapic nolapic" in the distro's bootstring by default?

It's harder to explain and traditionally in LILO you couldn't remove
any options (in grub you can now). I think it makes much more sense
to have an positive option for this too, not a negative one. 

Also I must add my patch fixes real bugs in the code, not just
adding the new option.

> I'm not going to be the only one confused by this!

I think there is much more confusion in the current way.

-Andi
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