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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/hpet: prevent boot hang when hpet=force used on old ICH

* Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> wrote:

> Ingo,
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> But please disregard that patch -- we've cooked up a better one
> that allows ICH4M to continue to use hpet=force, even for clocksource.
> (and it is an ACPI patch rather than an x86 patch:-)

ok.

> However, I'll also send a 2nd patch to stop soliciting more
> hpet=force users, since technically we shouldn't be encouraging
> the use of this un-documented and lightly-validated hardware.

agreed - i've applied this patch.

Ingo


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