On Mon, 7 May 2007 13:31:28 -0700 Venki Pallipadi (VP) wrote: VP> Force detect and/or enable HPET on ICH chipsets. This patch just handles the VP> detection part and following patches use this information. VP> VP> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Venki,
Is there any reason your patch only enables HPET on ICH6 and beyond? HPET can
be enabled on earlier ICH by setting bit 17 in GEN_CNTL on PCI dev 31, func 0,
offset d0. This seems to work for ICH3/4/5. Are there any errata affecting
these ICHs?
Cheers,
- Udo
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