Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:27:21 +0100 (CET) | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override. |
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > But overclocking is not the problem for udelay, it would err to the safe > > side. The problem would be a BUS having < 8 MHz, and since the days of > > 80286, they are hard to find. IMO having an option to set the bus speed > > for those systems should be enough. > > > > There might have been a few 386/20's clocking the ISA bus at ÷3 > (6.67 MHz) rather than ÷2 (10 MHz) or ÷2.5 (8 MHz).
Yes, and the remaining users should set the kernel option. Both of them. The question is: How will they be told about the new kernel option? -- A man inserted an advertisement in the classified: Wife Wanted." The next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine." | |