Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86_64 ioapic: Improve the heuristics for when check_timer fails.

"Lu, Yinghai" <yinghai.lu@xxxxxxx> writes:

So that doesn't invalidate the generic test. I'm going to go dig
out what little information I have and see if I can stair at the
register definition.

Someone said we can that info about that reg in Kernel. And only
firmware can use that.

We can do all kinds of things when firmware gets it wrong, and in this
case I just want a deeper understanding. Once I understand that mess
I will decide what to do about it.

Eric
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