Re: [PATCH] x86: enable hpet=force for AMD SB400

[Andrew Morton]

On Sat, 10 May 2008 01:42:30 +0200 (CEST)
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 May 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 May 2008 11:49:11 +0200
> > Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > x86: enable hpet=force for ATI SB400
> > 
> > Sigh.
> > 
> > > Add quirk to allow forced usage of HPET on ATI SB400.
> > > I stumbled over machines where HPET is enabled but not reported
> > > by BIOS.
> > 
> > Is there no way in which we can probe for or identify this condition,
> > rather than hoping that the user will find out about this boot option?
> 
> I'd love to have a sane solution for that, but looking at the rate of
> HPET wreckage since we increased the usage of HPET I'm happy to have
> this as an opt in thingy.
> 

Well we don't have to auto-enable the hpet.  Simply adding a loud "you
should try the hpet=force option" printk would help a lot of people.

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