Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:09:55 +0100 | From | Rene Herman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: use explicit timing delay for pit accesses in kernel and pcspkr driver |
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On 20-02-08 18:05, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Rene Herman wrote: >> >> _Something_ like this would seem to be the only remaining option. It >> seems fairly unuseful to #ifdef around that switch statement for >> kernels without support for the earlier families, but if you insist... >> > > "Only remaining option" other than the one we've had all along. Even on > the one idiotic set of systems which break, it only breaks post-ACPI > intialization, IIRC.
Linus vetoed the DMI switch.
Rene.
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