Re: [PATCH] Replace nvidia timer override quirk with pci id list

[Alan Cox]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:18:52 +0100
Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Sort of coming in in the middle of this because I just realized this may have 
> > something to do with the "exception Emask" errors. I have an NF2, and the 
> 
> exception Emask is a SATA problem. Shouldn't be caused by timer troubles.
> This means in theory it could be that your sata driver if compiled
> in is the first thing to use timers, but normally if the timers are
> broken you get a earlier hang somewhere else.

Badly wrong timer speed would do that, as would the timer change breaking
other IRQ delivery somewhere

Alan
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