Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:08:56 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.6][5/5]Support for HPET based timer |
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Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 12:20:22PM -0700, Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote: > > > 5/5 - hpet5.patch - This can be a standalone patch. Without this > > patch we loose interrupt generation capability > > of RTC (/dev/rtc), due to HPET. With this patch > > we basically try to emulate RTC interrupt > > functions in software using HPET counter 1. > > > > This is very wrong IMO. We shouldn't try to emulate the RTC interrupt > for the kernel, instead the HPET should use native APIC interrupt > routing.
Even on those machines where APIC interrupts are not usable? (E.g. due to interactions with the SMM BIOS).
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