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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:05:54 +0200
From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6][5/5]Support for HPET based timer
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 02:04:24AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> writes:
> > > Even on those machines where APIC interrupts are not usable?
> > > (E.g. due to interactions with the SMM BIOS).
> > 
> > On those you can always use the old style PIT.
> 
> Let me put the question better.  Is it worth using the new style HPET,
> on systems which cannot use APIC interrupts because of BIOS problems
> (e.g. IBM laptops)?

Those don't have a HPET. Easy.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR