The patch titled x86_64: add genapic_force has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was x86_64-add-genapic_force.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: x86_64: add genapic_force From: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> Add genapic_force. Used by the next Intel quirks patch. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Cc: "Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c | 9 ++++++++- include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c~x86_64-add-genapic_force arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c~x86_64-add-genapic_force +++ a/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ extern struct genapic apic_flat; extern struct genapic apic_physflat; struct genapic *genapic = &apic_flat; - +struct genapic *genapic_force; /* * Check the APIC IDs in bios_cpu_apicid and choose the APIC mode. @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ void __init clustered_apic_check(void) u8 cluster_cnt[NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS]; int max_apic = 0; + /* genapic selection can be forced because of certain quirks. + */ + if (genapic_force) { + genapic = genapic_force; + goto print; + } + #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI) /* * Some x86_64 machines use physical APIC mode regardless of how many diff -puN include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h~x86_64-add-genapic_force include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h --- a/include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h~x86_64-add-genapic_force +++ a/include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h @@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ struct genapic { }; -extern struct genapic *genapic; +extern struct genapic *genapic, *genapic_force, apic_flat; #endif _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx are genapic-optimize-fix-apic-mode-setup.patch suspend-dont-change-cpus_allowed-for-task-initiating-the-suspend.patch sched-domain-move-sched-group-allocations-to-percpu-area.patch sched-domain-increase-the-smt-busy-rebalance-interval.patch sched-avoid-taking-rq-lock-in-wake_priority_sleeper.patch sched-remove-staggering-of-load-balancing.patch sched-disable-interrupts-for-locking-in-load_balance.patch sched-extract-load-calculation-from-rebalance_tick.patch sched-move-idle-status-calculation-into-rebalance_tick.patch sched-use-softirq-for-load-balancing.patch sched-call-tasklet-less-frequently.patch sched-add-option-to-serialize-load-balancing.patch mm-only-sched-add-a-few-scheduler-event-counters.patch sched-optimize-activate_task-for-rt-task.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html