From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: ACPI on Compaq 6715b - BIOS from the wrong end of the planet Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4817B0E1.7080102@zytor.com> References: <48144209.7080203@gmail.com> <1209476717.1784.853.camel@queen.suse.de> <4817457C.6000103@gmail.com> <1209493771.1784.892.camel@queen.suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:54054 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754591AbYD2XjS (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:39:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1209493771.1784.892.camel@queen.suse.de> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: trenn@suse.de Cc: Richard , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "Langsdorf, Mark" , andreas.herrmann3@amd.com Thomas Renninger wrote: >>> >> Thanks a Million.. >> noapictimer works perfectly ... BUT .. only on 64Bit. acpi_pm is not >> present on 32bit as a clocksource and it defaulted to jiffies. (tsc was >> marked as imreliable) >> >> I am really surprised that this Sempron notebook actually had 64Bit CPU >> compatibility :D > > This one helps for my Turion. > AFAIK, another Turion (very similar) does not need this, but I do not > know for sure. > Is the common denominator here the Turion (and if so, what model number), or is it the mainboard or BIOS? If the latter, it should be keyed on a DMI signature instead of the CPU. -hpa