linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86

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Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:02:57 +0100
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for
 X86_64

Feng Tang wrote:
> On many new phone/tablet platforms like Baytrail/Merrifield etc,
> the HPET are either defeatured or has some problem to be used
> as a reliable timer. As these platforms also have X86_64, we
> should not make HPET_TIMER default y for all X86_64.

The help text still says:
| You can safely choose Y here.  [...]
| Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.

Are these statements still true for those platforms?


Regards,
Clemens
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