Re: Lost Ticks on x86_64

Tim Hockin
2005-08-07T20:14:45Z

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.