From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chirag Jog Subject: Re: How to enable HPET on an 2.6.23.9-rt12 with Intel ICH2 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:24:36 +0530 Message-ID: <20080122115436.GC8660@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <7B9B6F61B189D94CA8CEE58A449BF3A97124FB@de01ex02.GLOBAL.JHCN.NET> Reply-To: Chirag Jog Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org To: Lampersperger Andreas Return-path: Received: from e28smtp07.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.7]:47980 "EHLO e28esmtp07.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751557AbYAVLyj (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:54:39 -0500 Received: from d28relay04.in.ibm.com (d28relay04.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.61]) by e28esmtp07.in.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0MBsbYp024715 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:24:37 +0530 Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (d28av04.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.66]) by d28relay04.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.7) with ESMTP id m0MBsZRT598192 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:24:37 +0530 Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av04.in.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m0MBsYcA028311 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:54:34 GMT Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7B9B6F61B189D94CA8CEE58A449BF3A97124FB@de01ex02.GLOBAL.JHCN.NET> Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: * Lampersperger Andreas [2008-01-22 12:09:42]: > Hello, > > does anyone have a hint how to enable High resolution timers on my > system (with a Intel ICH2 (which has afaik 8254 Timers). Is this > hardware not enough for hr-timers? Check your BIOS settings. If your h/w supports HPET, there should be an option in the BIOS to turn it on. -- Cheers, Chirag Jog