Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:52:47 +0200 | | From | Udo van den Heuvel <> | | Subject | Re: hpet timers gone? |
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On 2010-05-31 06:00, Robert Hancock wrote: > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl> wrote: >> On 2010-05-30 20:51, Robert Hancock wrote: >>> On 05/30/2010 01:34 AM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: >>>> The board has VIA C7 CPU and VIA CX700M2 Unified Digital Media IGP >>>> chipset which supports HPET. >>>> >>>> Can it be that the kernel lacks support for CX700 hpet? >>>> Or is it a matter of getting the BIOS upgrade to work? >>> >>> Your current BIOS doesn't provide an HPET ACPI table, which is the way >>> it's supposed to indicate support. The kernel only supports >>> force-enabling HPET on VIA for VT8235 and VT8237. >> >> So yes, I should try the BIOS upgrade first? > > If they did add an HPET table entry, it should help, yes..
Is there a workaround? VIA was not so helpfull: the bios flash tool they have on the site does not recognise the board as a VIA board. Also they state the latest BIOS will not add HPET to ACPI table.
So what else can I do to enable HPET?
Kind regards, Udo
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