Re: What must I do to get HPET

[Andi Kleen]

Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I have an Acer Ferrari 5000 laptop, it has an AMD64 TL-60 processor, and an
> RS480 host bridge. I'm running 2.6.22, I get no HPET.

Actually it needs the 'HPET' table.

> Do I need to get Acer to update the BIOS to include a PNP0103 entry? Is there
> some way I can force this?

Yes they'll need to update the BIOS. They likely have one available
unless it's an old box because AFAIK getting a Vista logo requires HPET.

-Andi
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