From: Zwane Mwaikambo The 'noapic' kernel parameter only disables IOAPIC use and not all the APICs (which would include local APICs) in the system. Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~update-noapic-description Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt --- 25/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~update-noapic-description 2004-10-01 20:16:42.460614224 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2004-10-01 20:16:42.464613616 -0700 @@ -759,8 +759,8 @@ running once the system is up. noalign [KNL,ARM] - noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel not to make use of any - APIC that may be present on the system. + noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any + IOAPICs that may be present in the system. noasync [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for all devices. _