Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Display HPET timer option | From | Erwin Rol <> | Date | Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:06:37 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 21:43 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:30:03PM -0800, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > > > > > > > Currently the HPET timer option isn't visible in menuconfig. > > > > > > Do you want it to? > > > > > > Why would you ever compile it out? > > > > For timer testing purposes i sometimes would like not to use the HPET. > > Would a runtime switch be preferred? > > nohpet already exists. >
And luckily it does cause without "nohpet" i can't boot my shuttle ST20G5, the NMI watchdog kills it because ti hangs when initializing the hpet. If the nmi watchdog is off it just hangs for ever.
- Erwin
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