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Re: [Debathena] #165: HPET clock is broken on Dell 760 Hardware
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Fri Apr 10 18:23:42 2009
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:23:15 -0000
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#165: HPET clock is broken on Dell 760 Hardware-----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
Reporter: wdc | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: critical | Component: --
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment(by wdc):
In case people are not following the LP, there is significant status
update here.
1. BZ 13053 has been opened with kernel.org.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13053
2. Setting boot option: acpi_skip_timer_override seems right now to be the
smallest footprint work-around for the problem.
3. Because of what acpi_skip_timer_override does (enable a legacy IRQ
override), we are asking, "Is this a BIOS bug."
For now, setting acpi_skip_timer_override enables the C States BIOS option
to do its work, and for interrupts to get to the CPU so that everything
runs, even with the HPET clock.
-- Ticket URL: <http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/ticket/165#comment:9>Debathena <http://debathena.mit.edu/>MIT Debian-Athena Project
