linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] timer fixes

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Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:14:48 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] timer fixes

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:55 AM Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Add HPET quirks for the Intel "Coffee Lake H" and "Ice Lake" platforms.

Is there any reason we don't force-disable HPET by default if there
are alternatives?

I think that's what Microsoft did, which is why it's so broken on so
many platforms - it's often simply not used.

                   Linus