From: Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hpet timers gone?
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:52:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C8E3ABF.90309@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikuaPxA9Xnzc1bCJ5YHRlPZ1AcBSrYJ5lqryaMY@mail.gmail.com>
On 2010-05-31 06:00, Robert Hancock wrote:
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> On 2010-05-30 20:51, Robert Hancock wrote:
>>> On 05/30/2010 01:34 AM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>>> The board has VIA C7 CPU and VIA CX700M2 Unified Digital Media IGP
>>>> chipset which supports HPET.
>>>>
>>>> Can it be that the kernel lacks support for CX700 hpet?
>>>> Or is it a matter of getting the BIOS upgrade to work?
>>>
>>> Your current BIOS doesn't provide an HPET ACPI table, which is the way
>>> it's supposed to indicate support. The kernel only supports
>>> force-enabling HPET on VIA for VT8235 and VT8237.
>>
>> So yes, I should try the BIOS upgrade first?
>
> If they did add an HPET table entry, it should help, yes..
Is there a workaround?
VIA was not so helpfull: the bios flash tool they have on the site does
not recognise the board as a VIA board.
Also they state the latest BIOS will not add HPET to ACPI table.
So what else can I do to enable HPET?
Kind regards,
Udo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-13 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-24 10:19 hpet timers gone? Udo van den Heuvel
2010-05-26 19:02 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-05-29 4:29 ` Udo van den Heuvel
2010-05-30 7:34 ` Udo van den Heuvel
2010-05-30 18:51 ` Robert Hancock
[not found] ` <4C0324B8.8070304@xs4all.nl>
[not found] ` <AANLkTikuaPxA9Xnzc1bCJ5YHRlPZ1AcBSrYJ5lqryaMY@mail.gmail.com>
2010-09-13 14:52 ` Udo van den Heuvel [this message]
2010-09-13 15:30 ` Udo van den Heuvel
2010-09-13 16:05 ` Udo van den Heuvel
2010-09-13 23:16 ` Robert Hancock
2010-09-14 5:15 ` patch: HPET force enable for CX700 / VIA Epia LT was: " Udo van den Heuvel
2010-09-15 14:37 ` [tip:x86/quirks] x86: HPET force enable for CX700 / VIA Epia LT tip-bot for Udo van den Heuvel
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2010-05-29 11:16 hpet timers gone? uwaysi.bin.kareem
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