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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Mike Panetta wrote:
> I am not on the list (corperate email sucks) so please CC any replies to
> me. Thanks.
> I have seen the preempt patches, but they touch a lot of files, and we[snip]
> have gone through testing with the 2.6.16.19 kernel and do not wish to
> change, and we cannot find a version of the patch for this kernel. Is
> there something smaller/simpler I can do? My understanding is the
> priority in the APIC is set in software via the interrupt vector number
> (higher numbers have lower priority) is this true? If so, how hard
> would it be for me to just change the vector numbers around?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
Can't you muck with the BIOS settings? That's where the primary
hardware gets 'connected'.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.24 on an i686 machine (5592.61 BogoMips).
New book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
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