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On 29/01/2015 22:48, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> We want to support mixed modes and the easiest solution is to avoid
> optimizing those weird and unlikely scenarios.

Hmm, what happens if use maxcpus to disable some CPUs at startup?  Could
the disabled CPUs remain in xapic mode while the others move to x2apic?

Paolo