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Date:      Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:48:06 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 mpapic.c
Message-ID:  <200603100748.08275.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060310102001.GX4474@comp.chem.msu.su>
References:  <200603091623.k29GNFf9003993@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060310102001.GX4474@comp.chem.msu.su>

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On Friday 10 March 2006 05:20 am, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 04:23:15PM +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> > jhb         2006-03-09 16:23:15 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_4)
> >     sys/i386/i386        mpapic.c
> >   Log:
> >   Revert the previous change.  Even though Intel insists that the
> > behavior this change restores is wrong, it turns out the "proper" method
> > is worse in practice for existing machines.  This is probably due to the
> > fact that using fixed priority with a physical broadcast destination
> > effectively broadcasts interrupts to all CPUs.  Fixing that would requi=
re
> > a lot more work than just restoring the previous "incorrect" behavior a=
nd
> > would probably be riskier as well.
> >
> >   PR:             kern/94160
> >   Reported by:    Richard Wiwatowski rjwiwat at internode dot on dot net
> >
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.37.2.9  +3 -3      src/sys/i386/i386/mpapic.c
>
> This problem cannot affect a kernel unless it has been built
> with "options SMP", can it?  Thanks!

Correct.  Strictly speaking it's under options APIC_IO, but on 4.x
those two options are basically tied together.

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