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SubjectRe: [PATCH] i386: disable local apic timer via command line or dmi quirk

* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> The local APIC timer stops to work in deeper C-States. This is handled
> by the ACPI code and a broadcast mechanism in the clockevents / tick
> managment code.
>
> Some systems do not expose the deeper C-States to the kernel, but
> switch into deeper C-States behind the kernels back. This delays the
> local apic timer interrupts for ever and makes the systems unusable.
>
> Add a command line option to disable the local apic timer and a dmi
> quirk for known broken systems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

nice work!

Ingo
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