Changeset feed7fea for chapter10/kernel.xml

Timestamp:

08/24/2022 05:05:55 PM (20 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.2, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

b3f157c6

Parents:

85cdcb09

Message:

linux kernel: reword description for CONFIG_X86_X2APIC

File:

• chapter10/kernel.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter10/kernel.xml

@@ -246 +246 @@
         <term><parameter>Support x2apic</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Avoid a kernel panic booting on a system with x2APIC enabled
-          by the BIOS.  This option does no harm if x2APIC is not enabled
-          or not available, but it's recommended to enable x2APIC in the
-          BIOS setting for a modern 64-bit x86 system.</para>
+          <para>Support running the interrupt controller of 64-bit x86
+          processors in x2APIC mode.  x2APIC may be enabled by firmware on
+          64-bit x86 systems, and a kernel without this option enabled will
+          panic on boot if x2APIC is enabled by firmware.  This option has
+          has no effect, but also does no harm if x2APIC is disabled by the
+          firmware.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>