Re: Fwd: x86_64 and AMD with C1E

[Andi Kleen]

> So if the
> number of hpet channels is greater/equal to the number of possible
> CPUs it's perfectly fine and does not need IPI at all.

That is only a stop gap then. I don't see this being
generally true in the future. e.g. Intel announced SMT will be soon 
back so even a standard dual core would exceed it with
current southbridges.

Also I'm not sure but I suspect non Intel HPETs have less than
three timers. Certainly they generally miss the 64bitness.

-Andi
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