Change default IO-APIC ack mode for single IO-APIC systems to old-style. Index: xen-4.2.0-testing/xen/arch/x86/io_apic.c =================================================================== --- xen-4.2.0-testing.orig/xen/arch/x86/io_apic.c +++ xen-4.2.0-testing/xen/arch/x86/io_apic.c @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static struct { int pin, apic; } ioapic_ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ioapic_lock); bool_t __read_mostly skip_ioapic_setup; -bool_t __read_mostly ioapic_ack_new = 1; +bool_t __read_mostly ioapic_ack_new = -1; bool_t __read_mostly ioapic_ack_forced = 0; #ifndef sis_apic_bug @@ -2012,6 +2012,8 @@ void __init setup_IO_APIC(void) else io_apic_irqs = ~PIC_IRQS; + if (ioapic_ack_new < 0) + ioapic_ack_new = (nr_ioapics > 1); printk("ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs\n"); printk(" -> Using %s ACK method\n", ioapic_ack_new ? "new" : "old");