On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 07:10:32PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > I do not care. I included the IO-APIC support in first versions of the > kernel, but this caused problems reports from DELL laptop users. A > possible way would to enable it in kernel and forbid with boot options. > But it is too late to change many things now.
Well, it might be a good idea to include it next time around. (Agree that it's too late this time.) The dell laptop problem showed up when you tried to transition certain states (E.g., ac->battery) but that's better than not booting at all. -- Mike Stone
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