Re: [PATCH] i386: add command line option "local_apic_timer_c2_ok"

Thomas Gleixner
2007-03-26T13:52:27Z

On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 12:31 +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > + lapic_timer_c2_ok [IA-32,APIC] trust the local apic timer in
> > + C2 power state.
> > +
>
> Could you add comment saying that this is always ok on non-broken
> systems? That way perhaps it can be added to linux-firmware-test-cd,
> etc.

Yep, post .21.

I still twist my brain how to autodetect that in a safe way, which would
make it really useful for the firmware tester.

tglx