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From:   Daniel Drake <drake@endlessm.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:33:31 +0800
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Subject: Re: No 8254 PIT & no HPET on new Intel N3350 platforms causes kernel
 panic during early boot
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:07 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> Nah. That extra timer works thing is just another bandaid.
>
> What I had in mind is something like the below. That's on top of
>
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86/apic
>
> Be warned. It's neither compiled nor tested, so keep a fire extinguisher
> handy. If it explodes you own the pieces.

Thanks, it works, and makes sense!

I'll add a commit message and send it as a patch, just one quick
function naming question... did you mean apic_and_tsc_needs_pit() or
apic_needs_pit()? That's the only compile fix needed.

Daniel