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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? */