4 files changed, 15 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index fb1035c..036d28a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1529,16 +1529,10 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata acpi_dmi_table_late[] = {
  *	if acpi_blacklisted() acpi_disabled = 1;
  *	acpi_irq_model=...
  *	...
- *
- * return value: (currently ignored)
- *	0: success
- *	!0: failure
  */
 
-int __init acpi_boot_table_init(void)
+void __init acpi_boot_table_init(void)
 {
-	int error;
-
 	dmi_check_system(acpi_dmi_table);
 
 	/*
@@ -1546,15 +1540,14 @@ int __init acpi_boot_table_init(void)
 	 * One exception: acpi=ht continues far enough to enumerate LAPICs
 	 */
 	if (acpi_disabled && !acpi_ht)
-		return 1;
+		return; 
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the ACPI boot-time table parser.
 	 */
-	error = acpi_table_init();
-	if (error) {
+	if (acpi_table_init()) {
 		disable_acpi();
-		return error;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_BOOT, acpi_parse_sbf);
@@ -1562,18 +1555,15 @@ int __init acpi_boot_table_init(void)
 	/*
 	 * blacklist may disable ACPI entirely
 	 */
-	error = acpi_blacklisted();
-	if (error) {
+	if (acpi_blacklisted()) {
 		if (acpi_force) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "acpi=force override\n");
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "Disabling ACPI support\n");
 			disable_acpi();
-			return error;
+			return;
 		}
 	}
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int __init early_acpi_boot_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index e80f291..3987e44 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid = -1U;
 
 /*
  * The highest APIC ID seen during enumeration.
- *
- * This determines the messaging protocol we can use: if all APIC IDs
- * are in the 0 ... 7 range, then we can use logical addressing which
- * has some performance advantages (better broadcasting).
- *
- * If there's an APIC ID above 8, we use physical addressing.
  */
 unsigned int max_physical_apicid;
 
@@ -1898,14 +1892,7 @@ void __cpuinit generic_processor_info(int apicid, int version)
 		max_physical_apicid = apicid;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	/*
-	 * Would be preferable to switch to bigsmp when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
-	 * but we need to work other dependencies like SMP_SUSPEND etc
-	 * before this can be done without some confusion.
-	 * if (CPU_HOTPLUG_ENABLED || num_processors > 8)
-	 *       - Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
-	 */
-	if (max_physical_apicid >= 8) {
+	if (num_processors > 8) {
 		switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
 		case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
 			if (!APIC_XAPIC(version)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
index eacbd2b..e3c3d82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ static int physflat_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "system APIC only can use physical flat");
 		return 1;
 	}
+
+	if (!strncmp(oem_id, "IBM", 3) && !strncmp(oem_table_id, "EXA", 3)) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "IBM Summit detected, will use apic physical");
+		return 1;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c
index 65edc18..450fe20 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_64.c
@@ -64,15 +64,13 @@ void __init default_setup_apic_routing(void)
 			apic = &apic_x2apic_phys;
 		else
 			apic = &apic_x2apic_cluster;
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Setting APIC routing to %s\n", apic->name);
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (apic == &apic_flat) {
-		if (max_physical_apicid >= 8)
+	if (apic == &apic_flat && num_processors > 8)
 			apic = &apic_physflat;
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Setting APIC routing to %s\n", apic->name);
-	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Setting APIC routing to %s\n", apic->name);
 
 	if (is_vsmp_box()) {
 		/* need to update phys_pkg_id */