Re: lapic detection at runtime for kernel modules

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025, Jean-Yves Migeon (NetBSD) wrote:

> Brutal, but indeed works (:
>
> This "tests" whether LAPIC support is compiled in (instead of checking the 
> PIC routines) though.

Indeed, that was the intended behavior, not to fetch any bogus value
if the kernel isn't even compiled with LAPIC support.

> Nope (at least not yet) -- IMHO it has limited interest besides attempts at 
> nesting hypervisors (which has its uses but quite niche)

I'm sure someone will come up with this need ;)

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