* Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You may argue this is a regression, but this is simply the cost paid > for progress -- the kernel stays within the spec as defined both by > ACPI and MPS, we have just started using a different configuration now > and an interrupt source override provided by the manufacturer > explicitly states INTIN2 is good to use. In a sense you were simply > lucky previously the kernel was bad enough with the way it configured > the timer through the I/O APIC it failed completely avoiding the bug > in your firmware. Now the bug has got uncovered. well as long as we eliminate the bad effects around via DMI exceptions nobody will feel the need to argue whether it's a regression ;-) [this problem could be argued to be a regression, even if it's caused by prior luck/stupidity of Linux. We have to live with the effects of our mistakes.] Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
