Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:07:53 -0400 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27-rc8+ - first impressions |
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:07:49AM -0400, Parag Warudkar wrote: > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Dmitry Torokhov > <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hmm, that unfortunately does not work because I have SB4X0 revision 0x11 > > and the patch cuts off everything below 0x82. Is there anything that can > > be done to enable HPET on early revisions? > > > > Later BIOS revisions for the 6115 "enable Vista support" which > actually means HPET is properly enabled in BIOS for Vista to work. > (i.e. there won't be a need to force enable it with later BIOS versions.) > > Any reason you could not try the BIOS upgrade I pointed out earlier? >
I just did not want to do that on the road.
I do not see any difference with regard to timer wiring or hpet behavior (hpet is disabled in BIOS, hpet=force causes hang) with the latest (F.12) BIOS.
-- Dmitry
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