Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261965AbVATDSQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:18:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261973AbVATDSQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:18:16 -0500 Received: from h80ad2608.async.vt.edu ([128.173.38.8]:8467 "EHLO h80ad2608.async.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261965AbVATDSM (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:18:12 -0500 Message-Id: <200501200315.j0K3FWHS006194@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: george@mvista.com Cc: Andrea Arcangeli , Tony Lindgren , Pavel Machek , john stultz , Zwane Mwaikambo , Con Kolivas , Martin Schwidefsky , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] dynamic tick patch In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:59:20 PST." <41EEE648.2010309@mvista.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20050119000556.GB14749@atomide.com> <20050119094342.GB25623@elf.ucw.cz> <20050119171323.GB14545@atomide.com> <20050119174858.GB12647@dualathlon.random> <41EEE648.2010309@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1106190931_28998P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:15:31 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1326 Lines: 35 --==_Exmh_1106190931_28998P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:59:20 PST, George Anzinger said: > allows the PIT to be the "gold standard" in time that it is designed to be. The > wake up interrupt, then needs to come from an independent timer. My patch > requires a local APIC for this. Patch is available at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/ Foo. and me with a BIOS-borked LAPIC. Anybody have helpful hints on how to get Dell to fix a laptop BIOS(*), or are you all too busy dying of hysterical laughter? Dell Latitude C840, running bios A13 (most recent). I *know* it was borked around A08, and the bios release notes haven't mentioned fixing it. I wonder if it's worth re-checking anyhow.... --==_Exmh_1106190931_28998P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFB7yJTcC3lWbTT17ARAu5nAKDL3NczljoEPhdHmfpn/s+6fZMjFwCgs6p3 83Q4llg8VzdpanxG0xaxh+w= =d9n0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1106190931_28998P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/