Re: 2.6.27-rc8+ - first impressions

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:07:49AM -0400, Parag Warudkar wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hmm, that unfortunately does not work because I have SB4X0 revision 0x11
> > and the patch cuts off everything below 0x82. Is there anything that can
> > be done to enable HPET on early revisions?
> >
> 
> Later BIOS revisions for the 6115 "enable Vista support" which
> actually means HPET is properly enabled in BIOS for Vista to work.
> (i.e. there won't be a need to force enable it with later BIOS versions.)
> 
> Any reason you could not try the BIOS upgrade I pointed out earlier?
> 

I just did not want to do that on the road.

I do not see any difference with regard to timer wiring or hpet behavior
(hpet is disabled in BIOS, hpet=force causes hang) with the latest
(F.12) BIOS.

-- 
Dmitry
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