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SubjectRe: [patch 2/4] x86: Do not use hpet MSI as clockevent broadcast device
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On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 18:00 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 01/14/2010 05:39 PM, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote:
> > Current kernel uses hpet MSI interrupts as both percpu clockevent device
> > and also as clockevent broadcast device in place of IRQ0 timer.
> > There seems to be issues with HPET MSI usage on some platforms. So,
> > restrict it to be only used as a percpu clockevent device.
>
> Any ideas of which platforms? It would help avoiding "cargo cult
> programming" in the future.
>
> Other than that, I presume this is a .33 patch?
>
> -hpa
>

The problem reported by Mark has only been on (AMD) 790x series chip
sets.

I am not quite sure what the quick-fix for .33 would be.
- Either use dmi to stop using HPET MSI on this chipset
- or stop using HPET MSI altogether, until this complete patchset
provides a better alternative for .34.
I think it should be first option.

Thanks,
Venki



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