Re: [PATCH] x86: SB450: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed toINT2 of IOAPIC

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Tue Oct 07 2008 - 00:00:12 EST


On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 05:41:32AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > So, let's work around BIOS bugs in Linux then ...
> >
> > Following patch is almost untested -- especially I didn't get my hands
> > on one of the HP Laptops with broken DSDT.
> [...]
> > On some HP nx6... laptops (e.g. nx6325) BIOS reports an IRQ0 override
> > but the SB450 chipset is configured such that timer interrupts goe to
> > INT0 of IOAPIC.
> >
> > Check IRQ0 routing and if it is routed to INT0 of IOAPIC skip the
> > timer override.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> very nice, thanks Andreas! Applied to tip/x86/quirks. This PCI ID based
> quirk should be more complete than DMI matches.
>

You may add 'Tested by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx> on nx6115'
It works fine here with Andreas patch applied and with Rafael's patch
dropped.

Thanks Andreas!

--
Dmitry
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