linux-kernel - Re: v2.6.21.4-rt11

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:32:07 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Eric St-Laurent <ericstl34@...patico.ca>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@...ibm.com>,
	Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: v2.6.21.4-rt11


(Cc:-ed Venki for the force-hpet issue below)

* Eric St-Laurent <ericstl34@...patico.ca> wrote:

> On Sat, 2007-09-06 at 23:05 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > i'm pleased to announce the v2.6.21.4-rt11 kernel, which can be 
> > downloaded from the usual place:
> 
> I'm running 2.6.21.4-rt12-cfs-v17 (x86_64), so far no problems. I like 
> this kernel a lot, it's feels quite smooth.

yeah, that's probably CFS in the works :-) That combined with PREEMPT_RT 
makes for a really snappy desktop.

> One little thing, no HPET timer is detected. By looking at the patch, 
> even the force detect code is there, it should work.
> 
> The hpet timer is not available as a clocksource and only one hpet
> related message is present in dmesg:
> 
> PM: Adding info for No Bus:hpet
> 
> This is on a Asus P5LD2-VM motherboard (ICH7)
> 
> Relevant config bits:
> 
> CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
> # CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC is not set
> CONFIG_HPET=y
> # CONFIG_HPET_RTC_IRQ is not set
> CONFIG_HPET_MMAP=y
> 
> Should I enable one of the two other options? Any ideas?

Venki, is this ICH7 board supposed to work with force-hpet?

	Ingo
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