Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-12 Thread Eric Sesterhenn
hi, On 09/09/2014 05:26 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 09/09/2014 07:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >> >> @hpa: You asked whether this might affect any other e6xx devices. >> >> According to the atom e6xx-series datasheet the HPET is non optional >> and always memory mapped to 0xfed0. I don't

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-12 Thread Eric Sesterhenn
hi, On 09/09/2014 05:26 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: On 09/09/2014 07:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: @hpa: You asked whether this might affect any other e6xx devices. According to the atom e6xx-series datasheet the HPET is non optional and always memory mapped to 0xfed0. I don't see how

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 09/09/2014 07:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > @hpa: You asked whether this might affect any other e6xx devices. > > > > According to the atom e6xx-series datasheet the HPET is non optional > > and always memory mapped to 0xfed0. I don't

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 09/09/2014 07:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > @hpa: You asked whether this might affect any other e6xx devices. > > According to the atom e6xx-series datasheet the HPET is non optional > and always memory mapped to 0xfed0. I don't see how that would > harm any machine which has the hpet

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, Eric Sesterhenn wrote: > On 02/14/2014 07:28 PM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > This patch enables a quirk for the Soekris net6501 HPET if > pciquirks=soekris_e6xx" is supplied at the kernel commandline, > Without these patches the clocksource defaults to jiffies, which > is

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread Eric Sesterhenn
Hello Conrad, On 02/14/2014 07:28 PM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: >> On 02/14/2014 10:13 AM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: Does it have DMI? >>> >>> Unfortunately not. >>> >>> # dmidecode 2.12 >>> # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry. >>> >> >> Sigh. Does anyone have contacts at Soekris

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread Eric Sesterhenn
Hello Conrad, On 02/14/2014 07:28 PM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: On 02/14/2014 10:13 AM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: Does it have DMI? Unfortunately not. # dmidecode 2.12 # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry. Sigh. Does anyone have contacts at Soekris who can complain about this

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, Eric Sesterhenn wrote: On 02/14/2014 07:28 PM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: This patch enables a quirk for the Soekris net6501 HPET if pciquirks=soekris_e6xx is supplied at the kernel commandline, Without these patches the clocksource defaults to jiffies, which is unstable.

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 09/09/2014 07:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: @hpa: You asked whether this might affect any other e6xx devices. According to the atom e6xx-series datasheet the HPET is non optional and always memory mapped to 0xfed0. I don't see how that would harm any machine which has the hpet

Re: AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-09-09 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, H. Peter Anvin wrote: On 09/09/2014 07:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: @hpa: You asked whether this might affect any other e6xx devices. According to the atom e6xx-series datasheet the HPET is non optional and always memory mapped to 0xfed0. I don't see how that

AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-02-14 Thread Conrad Kostecki
> On 02/14/2014 10:13 AM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > >> > >> Does it have DMI? > > > > Unfortunately not. > > > > # dmidecode 2.12 > > # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry. > > > > Sigh. Does anyone have contacts at Soekris who can complain about this > stuff? I don't think, that Soekris

AW: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501

2014-02-14 Thread Conrad Kostecki
On 02/14/2014 10:13 AM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: Does it have DMI? Unfortunately not. # dmidecode 2.12 # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry. Sigh. Does anyone have contacts at Soekris who can complain about this stuff? I don't think, that Soekris will fix this. No