linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27-rc8+

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Message-ID: <20081007131954.GE22097@alberich.amd.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:19:54 +0200
From:	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc8+ - first impressions

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 07:37:47AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 11:10:32AM +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> > >On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:42:35PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:53:50PM +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > FYI.
> > > > Commit e7250b8ae3870f37f660c2f65cafcaba85e3bfd3 of tip/master is
> > > > needed to really enable hpet on SB400. I guess that patch should go
> > > > upstream asap -- and probably it's a good idea to add a check for timer
> > > > interrupt routing as well which could solve the issues on HP nx6xxx
> > > > laptops.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Having trouble locating this one. Could you please send me a patch so I
> > > can try it here? Thanks!
> > 
> > Here it is.
> > 
> 
> Hmm, that unfortunately does not work because I have SB4X0 revision 0x11
> and the patch cuts off everything below 0x82. Is there anything that can
> be done to enable HPET on early revisions?

No, sorry.
It won't work as interrupts won't properly delivered.


Regards,

Andreas


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