Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754353AbYASHBe (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:01:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751299AbYASHBZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:01:25 -0500 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:1418 "EHLO 1wt.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751240AbYASHBY (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:01:24 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:36:36 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Jordan Crouse Cc: Arnd Hannemann , Andres Salomon , marc.jones@amd.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List , wim@iguana.be Subject: Re: [GEODE] Geode GX/LX watchdog timer (was 2.6.24-rc8 hangs at mfgpt-timer) Message-ID: <20080119063636.GH8953@1wt.eu> References: <20080116161912.7b449466@ephemeral> <20080116165606.3ebc06a4@ephemeral> <478F25D6.3060503@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <20080117134032.4cc1a1cf@ephemeral> <478FB255.5040001@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <20080117211917.GF8244@cosmic.amd.com> <478FCDB6.4010708@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <20080117223644.GK8244@cosmic.amd.com> <478FDC12.6020505@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <20080119010624.GA25328@cosmic.amd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080119010624.GA25328@cosmic.amd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 998 Lines: 22 On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 06:06:24PM -0700, Jordan Crouse wrote: > I don't know how much of a hassle it would be for Andres to get a 2.6.24 > kernel running on the OLPC to make sure that this isn't a regression > in the timer tick code (I suspect it isn't a regression, but you never > know). I also think that it would probably be in our best interest to > default CONFIG_GEODE_MFGPT_TIMER to 'n' until we get this figured > out. Since most BIOSen don't have timers available, that shouldn't affect > too many people. Well, I've successfully used earlier version of this code with 2.6.22 on a PCEngines ALIX motherboard equipped with LX800/CS5536. It boots on a TinyBIOS. I will try 2.6.24 + this patch on these boards when I have some time. Willy -- 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/