How to enable HPET on an 2.6.23.9-rt12 with Intel ICH2

2008-01-22 Thread Lampersperger Andreas
Hello, does anyone have a hint how to enable High resolution timers on my system (with a Intel ICH2 (which has afaik 8254 Timers). Is this hardware not enough for hr-timers? Thank's for your help! Andreas - On my system, cyclictest reports: WARNING: High resolution timers not available - By

Re: How to enable HPET on an 2.6.23.9-rt12 with Intel ICH2

2008-01-22 Thread Chirag Jog
* Lampersperger Andreas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-22 12:09:42]: Hello, does anyone have a hint how to enable High resolution timers on my system (with a Intel ICH2 (which has afaik 8254 Timers). Is this hardware not enough for hr-timers? Check your BIOS settings. If your h/w supports HPET,

Re: How to enable HPET on an 2.6.23.9-rt12 with Intel ICH2

2008-01-22 Thread Chirag Jog
* Lampersperger Andreas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-22 13:14:40]: No, there is no BIOS option which indicates HPET support. But the BIOS on my system is IMHO very very bad. It knows nothing about the features on the board. Is ist crucial to have here BIOS support? Or can these features be

Re: AW: How to enable HPET on an 2.6.23.9-rt12 with Intel ICH2

2008-01-22 Thread Gregory Haskins
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 7:14 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lampersperger Andreas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, there is no BIOS option which indicates HPET support. But the BIOS on my system is IMHO very very bad. It knows nothing about the features on the board. Is ist crucial to have

AW: AW: How to enable HPET on an 2.6.23.9-rt12 with Intel ICH2

2008-01-22 Thread Lampersperger Andreas
Hello Greg, no I haven't a similar setup or an nmi_watchdog parameter. The basic question for me is: What preferences in hardware must be met, to have HR-Timers enabled? My board has an Intel Chipset FW82801E (C-ICH) with Intel Celeron 400Mhz. Can I get hr-timers working with that chipset?