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From: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
To: Erick Turnquist <jhujhiti@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Lost Ticks on x86_64
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On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 02:46:50PM -0400, Erick Turnquist wrote:
> > Some BIOSes do not lock SMM, and you *could* turn it off at the chipset
> > level.
> 
> I don't see anything about SMM in my BIOS configuration even with the
> advanced options enabled... Turning it off at the chipset level sounds
> like a hardware hack - is it?

No, it's usually just a PCI register you can change.  Depends on your
chipset, though.