int ioapic_force;
 
-int sis_apic_bug; /* not actually supported, dummy for compile */
+/*
+ *      Is the SiS APIC rmw bug present ?
+ *      -1 = don't know, 0 = no, 1 = yes
+ */
+int sis_apic_bug = -1;
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ioapic_lock);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vector_lock);
  * Re-write a value: to be used for read-modify-write
  * cycles where the read already set up the index register.
  */
-static inline void io_apic_modify(unsigned int apic, unsigned int value)
+static inline void io_apic_modify(unsigned int apic, unsigned int reg, unsigned int value)
 {
        struct io_apic __iomem *io_apic = io_apic_base(apic);
+        if (sis_apic_bug)
+                writel(reg, &io_apic->index);
        writel(value, &io_apic->data);
 }
 
                reg = io_apic_read(apic, 0x10 + pin*2);
                reg &= ~IO_APIC_REDIR_VECTOR_MASK;
                reg |= vector;
-               io_apic_modify(apic, reg);
+               io_apic_modify(apic, 0x10 + pin*2, reg);
                if (!entry->next)
                        break;
                entry = entry->next;
                pin = entry->pin;                                       \
                reg = io_apic_read(entry->apic, 0x10 + R + pin*2);      \
                reg ACTION;                                             \
-               io_apic_modify(entry->apic, reg);                       \
+               io_apic_modify(entry->apic, 0x10 + R + pin*2, reg);     \
                FINAL;                                                  \
                if (!entry->next)                                       \
                        break;                                          \
        check_timer();
 }
 
+/*
+ *      Called after all the initialization is done. If we didnt find any
+ *      APIC bugs then we can allow the modify fast path
+ */
+
+static int __init io_apic_bug_finalize(void)
+{
+        if (sis_apic_bug == -1)
+                sis_apic_bug = 0;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(io_apic_bug_finalize);
+
 struct sysfs_ioapic_data {
        struct sys_device dev;
        struct IO_APIC_route_entry entry[0];