Re: [patch 43/69] i386: HPET, check if the counter works

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, dean gaudet wrote:
>
> the HPET specification allows for HPETs with *much* lower resolution than 
> 50us.  in fact Fmin is 10Hz iirc.  (sorry to jump in so late, but i'm 
> about a month behind on the list.)

Well, for such a broken HPET, the right thing to do is to just not use it, 
so who cares? It might as well be considered non-incrementing at all.

		Linus
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