... > > Such platforms may be rare, but do exist. This problem has been > > observed on a: > > HP Proliant BL280c G6 blade > > This patch restricts the introduced workaround to platforms > > with nr_cpu_ids <= 1. > > This is not the correct way to submit a patch to stable. See > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt. I guess I should add CC: [email protected] in the signed-off area, not in the mail header?
> Also, patches to mainline should be made against mainline, not the > distribution branch you have to hand. Wow, the diff patched with offset only against a reasonable recent kernel (3.5-rcX). But yes: It does not anymore after doing a git pull. I'll resend. > > [...] > > - * Ignores apic_id and always return 0 for CPU0's handle. > > + * Ignores apic_id and always returns 0 for the processor > > + * handle with apic id 0 if nr_cpu_ids is 1. > > + * This should be the case if SMP tables are not found. > [...] > > Second 'apic id' should be 'acpi_id'. Correct. Thanks, Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
