Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:40:47 +0100 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: linux-next: Tree for June 13: IO APIC breakage on HP nx6325 |
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 02:09:00AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> Meanwhile we may consider implementing a workaround. I think one that > does not hurt competent vendors would be preferable. The DSDT containing > the rubbish described here is marked with an OEM ID: "HP " and OEM > Table ID: "SB400". These keys could be used to remove IRQ0 information > from the IRQ tables. Our code is prepared to handle such a case. > Something easy to do for a seasoned ACPI fiddler, I suppose. ;)
Something roughly like the following? Entirely untested, my 6125 is in a box somewhere. My recollection is that skip_timer_override will disable the IRQ 0->2 mapping, which I believe is what's broken here?
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c index 33c5216..6ca5eff 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c @@ -1060,6 +1060,16 @@ static int __init force_acpi_ht(const struct dmi_system_id *d) return 0; } +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC +static int __init force_skip_timer_override(const struct dmi_system_id *d) +{ + printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s detected: disabling timer overrides", + d->ident); + acpi_skip_timer_override = 1; + return 0; +} +#endif + /* * If your system is blacklisted here, but you find that acpi=force * works for you, please contact acpi-devel@sourceforge.net @@ -1227,6 +1237,24 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata acpi_dmi_table[] = { DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "TravelMate 360"), }, }, +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC + { + .callback = force_skip_timer_override, + .ident = "HP NX6125 laptop", + .matches = { + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"), + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq nx6125"), + }, + }, + { + .callback = force_skip_timer_override, + .ident = "HP NX6325 laptop", + .matches = { + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"), + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq nx6325"), + }, + }, +#endif {} };
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