Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>> Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>>>> Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
>>>>> Booting a working 2.6.30 kernel I noticed this error message as first
>>>>> output on the console. Can it be related to my issue with more modern
>>>>> kernels and ipipe patches?
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no idea of what it means.
>>>> Is APIC enabled in your kernel configuration?
>>> It likely is.
>>>
>>> I'm getting this error for many kernel releases now. It must be related
>>> to I-pipe's patching of the APIC or IO-APIC code. Irritating but mostly
>>> harmless.
>> What I mean is that when Xenomai wants to use the 8254 (which is the
>> case if the APIC is disabled in linux kernel configuration) and the 8254
>> has become unreachable by Linux by some change in recent versions,
>> Xenomai timing subystem becomes screwed up.
>>
>> When, on the other hand, Xenomai wants to use the APIC, the fact that
>> the 8254 has become unreachable is harmless.
>
> ...but people continue to report this as bug.
But I am not sure this bug is related to Xenomai at all.
--
Gilles.
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