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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-i386/acpi.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h | 1 |
6 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index dd00fd556a6..67473849f20 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. + acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI} + Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards + that require a timer override, but don't have + HPET acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI] Format: <int> diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c index 22e4c466e5a..d12fb97a533 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_strict); acpi_interrupt_flags acpi_sci_flags __initdata; int acpi_sci_override_gsi __initdata; int acpi_skip_timer_override __initdata; +int acpi_use_timer_override __initdata; #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC static u64 acpi_lapic_addr __initdata = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE; @@ -1300,6 +1301,13 @@ static int __init parse_acpi_skip_timer_override(char *arg) return 0; } early_param("acpi_skip_timer_override", parse_acpi_skip_timer_override); + +static int __init parse_acpi_use_timer_override(char *arg) +{ + acpi_use_timer_override = 1; + return 0; +} +early_param("acpi_use_timer_override", parse_acpi_use_timer_override); #endif /* CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */ static int __init setup_acpi_sci(char *s) diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c index fe799b11ac0..c9841692bb7 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c @@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ static int __init check_bridge(int vendor, int device) #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI /* According to Nvidia all timer overrides are bogus unless HPET is enabled. */ - if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) { + if (!acpi_use_timer_override && vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) { nvidia_hpet_detected = 0; acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check); if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) { acpi_skip_timer_override = 1; + printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board " + "detected. Ignoring ACPI " + "timer override.\n"); + printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble " + "try acpi_use_timer_override\n"); + } } #endif diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c index 2b1245d8625..68273bff58c 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c @@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ static void nvidia_bugs(void) /* * All timer overrides on Nvidia are * wrong unless HPET is enabled. + * Unfortunately that's not true on many Asus boards. + * We don't know yet how to detect this automatically, but + * at least allow a command line override. */ + if (acpi_use_timer_override) + return; + nvidia_hpet_detected = 0; acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check); if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) { @@ -53,6 +59,8 @@ static void nvidia_bugs(void) printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board " "detected. Ignoring ACPI " "timer override.\n"); + printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble " + "try acpi_use_timer_override\n"); } #endif /* RED-PEN skip them on mptables too? */ diff --git a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h index 6016632d032..c80b3a94511 100644 --- a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h +++ b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern int acpi_gsi_to_irq(u32 gsi, unsigned int *irq); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC extern int acpi_skip_timer_override; +extern int acpi_use_timer_override; #endif static inline void acpi_noirq_set(void) { acpi_noirq = 1; } diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h index ed59aa4c6ff..9d1916e59c0 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h +++ b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ extern u8 x86_acpiid_to_apicid[]; #define ARCH_HAS_POWER_INIT 1 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override; +extern int acpi_use_timer_override; #endif /*__KERNEL__*/ |