Re: libata/sata_nv latency on NVIDIA CK804 [was Re: AMD64 X2 lost ticks on PM timer]

Jeff Garzik
2006-03-15T22:48:08Z

Bill Rugolsky Jr. wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 11:24:41PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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>>well, it's a PIO inb() op i think, and could thus in theory trigger SMM
>>BIOS code.
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> Is there any easy way to disable more SMM stuff than "noacpi"?

It's unlikely you can disable SMM stuff even with noacpi...

Jeff