linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH] ACPI: Move timer broadcast and pmtimer accessbefore C3 arbiter shutdown

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Message-ID: <20070612165851.GM3723@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:58:51 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Udo A. Steinberg" <us15@...inf.tu-dresden.de>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Stable Team <stable@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] ACPI: Move timer broadcast and pmtimer
	accessbefore C3 arbiter shutdown

* Pallipadi, Venkatesh (venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com) wrote:
> > * Thomas Gleixner (mailto:tglx@...utronix.de) wrote: 
> > I fixed this against -mm already. I don't think that it is relevant for
> > stable. The issue was found with Venkis hpet force enable patches on a
> > ICH4 system. I doubt that any of those systems has hpet enabled in the
> > BIOS. It should not affect later ICH chip sets. Venki, is this 
> > correct ?
> 
> Yes. This issue is only when HPET timer is used on ICH4. And by default 
> HPET is not enabled on those chipsets. So, we don't need this patch
> for stable.

Great, thanks.
-chris
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