Re: lspci output needed was Re: Frustrated with Linux, Asus, andnVidia, and AMD

[Bill Davidsen]

Andi Kleen wrote:

> > There are clearly some NVIDIA chipsets which require the override be 
> > skipped, and some which require it not be. I think the ball is currently 
> > in NVIDIA's court to provide a way of figuring out which chipsets 
> > require the quirk and which don't..
> >    
>
> My current plan is to switch in 2.6.20 to automatic probing of more pins
> for the timer routing (suggested by Tim Hockin, I've got a test patch). 
>  
Thank you, Tim!

> But that's too risky for .19.
>
> For 2.6.19 we'll likely add some more PCI-IDs disabling the quirk
> and a command line option to disable the skip timer override quirk. 
>  
That should be safe, and timer override as an option should give 
everyone a way to get what they need on any given system.

> Doing this per PCI ID isn't that bad because afaik Vista certification
> requires enabling the HPET table and I assume most boards will get
> Vista certification soon. This will force Asus to fix their BIOS.
>  
And nVidia to release more information? Hopefully.

> Can people who use a Nvidia based AM2/SocketF board (especially when they have timer 
> troubles but otherwise would be useful too) please report their lspcis in private 
> mail to me?
>
> -Andi
>
>
>  


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bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979

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