From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" Subject: Re: [PATCH] HPET: stop soliciting hpet=force users on ICH4M Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:19:04 -0700 Message-ID: <1240528744.4529.9153.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:39775 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753931AbZDWXWA (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:22:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Len Brown Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 16:19 -0700, Len Brown wrote: > From: Len Brown > > The HPET in the ICH4M is not documented in the data sheet > because it was not officially validated. > > While it is fine for hackers to continue to use "hpet=force" > to enable the hardware that they have, it is not prudent to > solicit additional "hpet=force" users on this hardware. > > Signed-off-by: Len Brown > --- > arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c | 2 -- > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c > index e95022e..7563b31 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c > @@ -261,8 +261,6 @@ static void old_ich_force_enable_hpet_user(struct pci_dev *dev) > { > if (hpet_force_user) > old_ich_force_enable_hpet(dev); > - else > - hpet_print_force_info(); > } > > DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ESB_1,