Re: [PATCH] x86/hpet: prevent boot hang when hpet=force used onold ICH

[Ingo Molnar]

* Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo,
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> But please disregard that patch -- we've cooked up a better one
> that allows ICH4M to continue to use hpet=force, even for clocksource.
> (and it is an ACPI patch rather than an x86 patch:-)

ok.

> However, I'll also send a 2nd patch to stop soliciting more 
> hpet=force users, since technically we shouldn't be encouraging 
> the use of this un-documented and lightly-validated hardware.

agreed - i've applied this patch.

	Ingo
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