Post reboot, few 'x2apic' related messages were observed in dmesg logs.
Issue
After booting, the dmesg shows following messages logged :
Your BIOS has requested that x2apic be disabled.
This will leave your machine vulnerable to irq-injection attacks.
Use 'intremap=no_x2apic_optout' to override BIOS request.
Enabled IRQ remapping in xapic mode
x2apic not enabled, IRQ remapping is in xapic mode
Similar messages have also been logged in /var/log/messages
kernel: Your BIOS has requested that x2apic be disabled.
kernel: This will leave your machine vulnerable to irq-injection attacks.
kernel: Use 'intremap=no_x2apic_optout' to override BIOS request.
kernel: Enabled IRQ remapping in xapic mode
kernel: x2apic not enabled, IRQ remapping is in xapic mode
Environment
- RHEL 6
- Observed on HP servers : ProLiant DL360 and ProLiant DL380 family of servers
- Intel Xeon E5-2600-series
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