Re: io_apic.c --> "nr_ioapics" not initialized !

2013-02-20 Thread Armin Steinhoff
Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2013, Armin Steinhoff wrote: after a walk through the module "io_apic.c" in "/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic" I got the impression that the variable "nr_ioapics" is used but isn't initialized ! Could it be the source of boot problems ? Well no, unless y

Re: io_apic.c --> "nr_ioapics" not initialized !

2013-02-20 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013, Armin Steinhoff wrote: > after a walk through the module "io_apic.c" in > "/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic" I got the impression that the variable > "nr_ioapics" is used but isn't initialized ! > Could it be the source of boot problems ? Well no, unless your compiler is si

Re: io_apic.c --> "nr_ioapics" not initialized !

2013-02-20 Thread Robin Holt
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 05:20:10PM +0100, Armin Steinhoff wrote: > > Hello, > > after a walk through the module "io_apic.c" in > "/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic" I got the impression that the > variable "nr_ioapics" is used but isn't initialized ! Just to be sure we are looking at the same

io_apic.c --> "nr_ioapics" not initialized !

2013-02-20 Thread Armin Steinhoff
Hello, after a walk through the module "io_apic.c" in "/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic" I got the impression that the variable "nr_ioapics" is used but isn't initialized ! Could it be the source of boot problems ? Dangerous coding stile in "static struct resource * __init ioapic_setup_r