From: Vandervliet, K. <Kri...@an...> - 2006-11-27 13:12:26
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Arno Klenke wrote:=0D=0A> Kristian Van Der Vliet schrieb:=0D=0A>> On the Po= rtege laptops I get=0D=0A>>=0D=0A>> 0 : ERROR: The BIOS has not enabled the= APIC!=0D=0A>>=0D=0A>> so I'd like to try and debug from that point. Can yo= u supply the=20=0D=0A>> source and/or check in your changes if they're stab= le enough=3F=0D=0A>>=0D=0A> =20=0D=0A> Please try to activate the code in = cpuid.c that writes to the=20=0D=0A> apic msr registers and see if that wor= ks. We might want to=20=0D=0A> enable it by default on all intel cpus.=0D=0A=0D= =0AThat caused and endless panic() I havn't got the kernel log=0D=0Aout of = it yet, but at a guess it's because I shouldn't be mucking=0D=0Awith the MS= Rs on that CPU. Another possibility is that the APIC=0D=0Aregisters need t= o be cleared before it is enabled via. the MSRs=0D=0A=0D=0AI'll try and dig= into the Intel APIC docs to see what they suggest=0D=0Ahere.=0D=0A=0D=0A--= =20=0D=0AVanders=0D=0Ahttp://www.syllable.org=0D=0Ahttp://www.liqwyd.com =0D= =0A------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------=0D=0AThis message is for the designated recipient = only and may=0D=0Acontain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private inf= ormation. =20=0D=0AIf you have received it in error, please notify the send= er=0D=0Aimmediately and delete the original. Any unauthorized use of=0D=0A= this email is prohibited.=0D=0A--------------------------------------------= ----------------------------------------------------=0D=0A[mf2]=0D=0A |