Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:37:48 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "David P. Reed" <dpreed@reed.com>
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Subject: Re: [linux-kernel] Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80
 I/O delay override.
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> bus abort on the LPC bus".   More problematic is that I would think some 
> people might want to turn on the AMD feature that generates machine 
> checks if a bus timeout happens.   The whole point of machine checks is 

An ISA/LPC bus timeout is fulfilled by the bridge so doesn't cause an MCE.

Alan
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