how to correctly turn off apic at boot

[tim at registriesltd.com.au (Tim Edwards)]

Jerry Geis wrote:
> I have tried in the grub.conf file
> 
> noapic
> 
> and
> 
> apic=off
> 
> I am still getting the same error message about ACPI
> in the dmesg output.
> 
> example:
> ACPI: PCI interupt .... IRQ 16
> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 ... IRQ16
> eth0: identified 8139 chip type
> 
> so ACPI is grabbing IRQ 16 and not letting eth0 have it. (I Think).
> 
> How do I correctly disable it on my compaq v2000 laptop.
> I think it is not allowing my usb and realtek network to function.
> 
> Jerry
> 

Isn't it acpi=off? Aren't apic and acpi different things?

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Tim Edwards