linux-kernel - RE: x86-64 with nvidia MCP51 chipset: kernel does not find HPET

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Date:	Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:24:02 -0600
From:	"Langsdorf, Mark" <mark.langsdorf@....com>
To:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
cc:	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Clemens Ladisch" <clemens@...isch.de>
Subject: RE: x86-64 with nvidia MCP51 chipset: kernel does not find HPET


 > > If the hardware is not providing the HPET description in ACPI,
> > there's little you can do, and most vendors do not provide
> > the HPET description.
> > 
> > Do you know if there's an entry for HPET in the ACPI?
> 
> I'm not exactly an ACPI expert, but I do not think there is 
> an entry for HPET in the ACPI, as the check in
> arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c fails:
>
> But, with some help from anonymous sources, I have been able 
> to find the HPET and make it work using a userspace driver
> that pokes registers by mmap'ing /dev/mem.  So we just need
> a way to tell the kernel it's there.
> Presumably this would require a PCI quirk.
> 
> Is this likely to be worth the trouble?

It's not a general purpose solution, but if you can write
up the quirk, Andi might be willing to white list the 
machine in question.

-Mark Langsdorf
AMD, Inc.


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