Hi everyone, I have been reading Chapter 9 of the Intel Processor Manuals, Vol 3A (System Programming Guide), which details the APIC. I have noticed that we often have to add the noapic and nolapic arguments to the kernel command line to make devices like the wireless card work. The explanation for these options simply stated that this is to overcome "buggy bios implementations". Can someone here explain what could possibly be the bug in the bios that necessitates the use of these arguments? Further, what does the kernel do differently when it sees these arguments? Thanks for your help, Mayank -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
