The question has been asked many times, and finally I found the official document which explains the problem of HPET on Baytrail that it will halt in deep idle states.
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.t...@intel.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c index fe9f0b7..9cdc6acb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c @@ -628,7 +628,10 @@ static struct chipset early_qrk[] __initdata = { QFLAG_APPLY_ONCE, intel_graphics_stolen }, /* * HPET on current version of Baytrail platform has accuracy - * problems, disable it for now: + * problems, that it will halt in deep idle state, so disable it. + * + * Please refer section 18.10.1.3 of http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/atom-z8000-datasheet-vol-1.pdf + * for more details. */ { PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0x0f00, PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, force_disable_hpet}, -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/