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> So, it sounds to me then, like unless I'm willing to really re-write the APIC
> setup code (which I don't feel qualified to do quite yet), that the immediate
> solution would be to not rely on interrupts in legacy mode, which was according
> to my understanding, what the use of the irqpoll command line option was
> supposed to enable. 

irqpoll won't fix the timer interrupt.

-Andi