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Subject: Re: Unpredictable problems with APIC renumbering
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Hi John,

> >> Ack, that patch was for current.  Try using
> >> 'eflags = read_eflags(); disable_intr();' in place of intr_disable()
> >> and 'write_eflags(eflags);' in place of intr_restore().
> > 
> > Thanks! That builds with no problem, and I am running it now. I will
> > let you know how it goes.
> 
> Did this work?
> 

After many reboots today, I saw the problem resurface. It does seem
improved, although I haven't kept statistics (sorry), it is clearly
not fixed.

If you have any other patches, I'm more than happy to test them.

Thanks again for your help.

sdb
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