Re: hpet timers gone?

From: Udo van den Heuvel
Date: Mon Sep 13 2010 - 12:05:23 EST


On 2010-09-13 17:30, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> Or should blindly enabling HPET (as in VT8237) help?

The attached patch does indeed enable HPEt on VIA Epia LT.

Kind regards,
Udo
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c 2010-09-13 18:02:14.639710309 +0200
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c 2010-09-13 18:02:06.095280815 +0200
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@
vt8237_force_enable_hpet);
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237,
vt8237_force_enable_hpet);
+DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_CX700,
+ vt8237_force_enable_hpet);

static void ati_force_hpet_resume(void)
{