linux-kernel - Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

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Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:41:03 +0200
From:	Eric Sesterhenn <eric.sesterhenn@...xperts.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Conrad Kostecki <ck@...rad-kostecki.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

hi,

On 09/09/2014 05:26 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 09/09/2014 07:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>
>> @hpa: You asked whether this might affect any other e6xx devices.
>>
>> According to the atom e6xx-series datasheet the HPET is non optional
>> and always memory mapped to 0xfed00000. I don't see how that would
>> harm any machine which has the hpet proper advertised via ACPI.
>>
> 
> That seems straightforward then.

this means the original patch written by Conrad is going to be applied?
Is there anything we can do to help regarding this issue?

> I still wish someone would take a cluebat to Soekris.  We keep hearing
> crap like this about their firmware over and over and over again.  It
> isn't like you can't get EDK2 or Coreboot and build a BIOS based mostly
> on Open Source components these days... oh, wait.

I have send them another message regarding this issue, but so far
they did not respond. In the past their responsiveness also varied a lot
according to my collegue.


Regards, Eric

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