Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:21:01 -0400 (EDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: IO-APIC on nforce2 [PATCH] |
| |
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Len Brown wrote:
> Re: IRQ0 XT-PIC timer issue > > Since the hardware is connected to APIC pin0, it is a BIOS bug > that an ACPI interrupt source override from pin2 to IRQ0 exists. > > With this simple 2.6.5 patch you can specify "acpi_skip_timer_override" > to ignore that bogus BIOS directive. The result is with your > ACPI-enabled APIC-enabled kernel, you'll get IRQ0 IO-APIC-edge timer. > > Probably there is a more clever way to trigger this workaround > automatcially instead of via boot parameter.
Nice, this is the problem which broke Andrew's and the systems i tested my adaptation of Natalie's mp_override_legacy_irq() change. Whacking out previous mp_irq entries would have worked if the BIOS had not forced the pin2 override. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |