uwe@ptc.spbu.ru wrote:

> If this is a problem for some of the arches than may be we should
> reconsider the requirements of where MD code should enable the
> interrupts?

I checked 4.4BSD Lite2 sources, then I notice:
- configure() is called from cpu_startup() (which is called from main())
- initclocks() (which will call cpu_initclocks(9)) is called from main()
- there are several initialization and functions between cpu_startup()
  and initclocks()
  (but I'm not sure if there is anything which requires hardware interrupts)

Nowadays, configure() becomes MI and is called from main(),
confiugre() calls MD cpu_configure(), and initclocks() is
a part of configure() (and it's called right after cpu_configure()),
so I guess the requirements noted in the cpu_configure(9) man page
have been changed...
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Izumi Tsutsui