Re: [PATCH 11/15] x86: move enabling of io_apic to prepare_cpus

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > we need clear_IO_APIC before enable setup error vector, in case there
> > is wrong setting in ioapic by BIOS...
> 
>  Fair enough, although it is still interesting why it would only trigger 
> in the 64-bit mode and why shouldn't the BIOS be fixed instead.

 Then again -- what if X86_LOCAL_APIC is set, but X86_IO_APIC is not?

  Maciej
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