> >>>>> "john" == John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> john> I was advised at one time to try booting my SMP machine with
> john> the -noapic command-line option at the LILO prompt.
>
> Thanks, but having browsed arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c, I do not think
> that is the problem. In any event, our system appears to be operating
> fine.
You certainly do *NOT* want to disable your IO APIC just because you get this
warning. This warning message simply means that your machine hasn't been added to the
compatibility list (well basically). More than likely your machine will work just
fine despite this warning. Disabling the IO APIC (xtpic mode) will mean that all
interrupts will go to a single CPU, which will hurt performance and is not recommended
unless specifically needed.
Basically just be happy that it works and someone will probably add your
machine to the compatibility list soon...
-dath
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