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On Thursday 19 April 2007 03:11:32 pm Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net> writes:
> > I suggested that in email too, but looking closer, I think the MAXCPU
> > needs to be increased because the cpu number uses the apic_id. Or could
> > that be changed with a logical CPU to APIC ID lookup?
> >
> > Isn't the APIC IDs programmable? not that I am suggesting that, I
> > can think of headaches of all the places (like interrupt tables)
> > where it needs to be changed, not to mention the worry that the
> > lower APIC IDs were assigned to IOAPICs.
>=20
> I don't know, you'd have to ask jhb@ about the details.

APIC IDs are not programmable (well, they are on I/O APICs, but not local=20
APICs).  However, I am working on patches to support all valid APIC IDs for=
=20
both mptable and MADT.  Bumping up NLAPICS as a temporary workaround should=
=20
suffice for now.

=2D-=20
John Baldwin