Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Display HPET timer option

[Andi Kleen]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 11:50:31AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> >
> > Currently the HPET timer option isn't visible in menuconfig.
> 
> Do you want it to?
> 
> Why would you ever compile it out?

I don't see any reason for it neither. It would probably only
cause problems because such an option would inevitably bitrot
regularly.

Also the HPET code in x86-64 isn't even ifdefed right now,
so you can't do that.

-Andi
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