Subject: Re: HPET regression in 2.6.26 versus 2.6.25 -- found another user with the same regression

From: Ingo Molnar <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:15:13 +0200

* Yinghai Lu <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > This is true if he reverted just the 3def3d6d... commit, but if he 
> > also reverts the similar, and immediately following, 1e934dda... 
> > commit, then his 2.6.26 kernel runs fine.
> 
> interesting,
> 
> David, can you try only comment out
> 
> late_initcall(lapic_insert_resource);

i.e. the patch below?

what's your theory, what could be the reason for David's lockups?

	Ingo

--------------->
Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
@@ -1740,4 +1740,4 @@ static int __init lapic_insert_resource(
  * need call insert after e820_reserve_resources()
  * that is using request_resource
  */
-late_initcall(lapic_insert_resource);
+//late_initcall(lapic_insert_resource);
Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
@@ -1614,4 +1614,4 @@ static int __init lapic_insert_resource(
  * need call insert after e820_reserve_resources()
  * that is using request_resource
  */
-late_initcall(lapic_insert_resource);
+//late_initcall(lapic_insert_resource);