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DateWed, 20 Feb 2008 18:09:55 +0100
FromRene Herman <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: use explicit timing delay for pit accesses in kernel and pcspkr driver
On 20-02-08 18:05, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Rene Herman wrote:
>>
>> _Something_ like this would seem to be the only remaining option. It 
>> seems fairly unuseful to #ifdef around that switch statement for 
>> kernels without support for the earlier families, but if you insist...
>>
> 
> "Only remaining option" other than the one we've had all along.  Even on 
> the one idiotic set of systems which break, it only breaks post-ACPI 
> intialization, IIRC.

Linus vetoed the DMI switch.

Rene.


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