Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758052AbYJHBIP (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:08:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754455AbYJHBH7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:07:59 -0400 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.28]:12289 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752788AbYJHBH7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:07:59 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=w3RW70nwM2a3tE1GYjQmuiOWqIjwGytcGEmQ7IAKDl2peCLUmmenJUiE/fdc+9Vfxe xXiG6c2aDzPAM1zydITtnT0CVilDhOYcCpJ+EUGfpiOPSF+SDDmqzYBbKM/ZG35NiLrg rGj20G/Cg3Rx3hqy9VyLLwNwDZXksiZQViIQ4= Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:07:53 -0400 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Parag Warudkar Cc: Andreas Herrmann , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc8+ - first impressions Message-ID: <20081008010753.GA20753@anvil.corenet.prv> References: <20081005183603.GA3263@amd.corenet.prv> <20081005121046.579089b9@infradead.org> <20081006062838.GC2808@amd.corenet.prv> <20081006195350.GB22097@alberich.amd.com> <20081007034230.GA6095@amd.corenet.prv> <20081007091032.GD22097@alberich.amd.com> <20081007113747.GA2819@amd.corenet.prv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1102 Lines: 28 On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:07:49AM -0400, Parag Warudkar wrote: > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Dmitry Torokhov > wrote: > > Hmm, that unfortunately does not work because I have SB4X0 revision 0x11 > > and the patch cuts off everything below 0x82. Is there anything that can > > be done to enable HPET on early revisions? > > > > Later BIOS revisions for the 6115 "enable Vista support" which > actually means HPET is properly enabled in BIOS for Vista to work. > (i.e. there won't be a need to force enable it with later BIOS versions.) > > Any reason you could not try the BIOS upgrade I pointed out earlier? > I just did not want to do that on the road. I do not see any difference with regard to timer wiring or hpet behavior (hpet is disabled in BIOS, hpet=force causes hang) with the latest (F.12) BIOS. -- Dmitry -- 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/