Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754919AbYJHIYB (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:24:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754725AbYJHIXn (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:23:43 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:54637 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754723AbYJHIXm (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:23:42 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 ACPI: Blacklist two HP machines with buggy BIOSes (Re: 2.6.27-rc8+ - first impressions) From: Peter Zijlstra To: Andi Kleen Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Ingo Molnar , Linus Torvalds , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Len Brown , Jason Vas Dias In-Reply-To: <87tzbpmocm.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> References: <20081005183603.GA3263@amd.corenet.prv> <200810060029.42471.rjw@sisk.pl> <20081006062235.GA2808@amd.corenet.prv> <200810061159.30103.rjw@sisk.pl> <20081006150055.GA16930@elte.hu> <87tzbpmocm.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:23:22 +0200 Message-Id: <1223454202.1378.38.camel@lappy.programming.kicks-ass.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 534 Lines: 15 On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 22:59 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > The real reason is actually a workaround in the BIOS for problems > in the older Linux code that caused duplicated timer interrupts. That really made me blink - so instead of fixing Linux they fudged their BIOS? *utter amazement* -- 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/