linux-kernel - Re: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe latest BIOS wants acpi_use_timer

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Date:	Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:36:33 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe latest BIOS wants acpi_use_timer_override


> Is it possible to open a bugzilla and drop the acpidump and dmesg
> from both the new and old BIOS in it?

My guess is that they changed some bits outside the DSDT. But ok
makes sense.
 
> Assuming the override in both cases is identical, I'm really baffled
> by this failure.  It seems that the new BIOS is playing some tricks
> that we have not seen before, as your hardware didn't change...

There is some flexibility in how the interrupt gets delivered, since it
gets converted to a HT message and the Northbridge has a few tweaks for
processing those.

-Andi

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