Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:09:30 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: disable local apic timer via command line or dmi quirk |
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* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> The local APIC timer stops to work in deeper C-States. This is handled > by the ACPI code and a broadcast mechanism in the clockevents / tick > managment code. > > Some systems do not expose the deeper C-States to the kernel, but > switch into deeper C-States behind the kernels back. This delays the > local apic timer interrupts for ever and makes the systems unusable. > > Add a command line option to disable the local apic timer and a dmi > quirk for known broken systems. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
nice work!
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