[PATCH] add acpi pmtimer support

2012-08-13 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
This patch makes seabios use the acpi pmtimer instead of tsc for timekeeping. The pmtimer has a fixed frequency and doesn't need calibration, thus it doesn't suffer from calibration errors due to a loaded host machine. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann kra...@redhat.com --- src/clock.c | 29

Re: [PATCH] add acpi pmtimer support\

2012-08-13 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 03:04:10PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: This patch makes seabios use the acpi pmtimer instead of tsc for timekeeping. The pmtimer has a fixed frequency and doesn't need calibration, thus it doesn't suffer from calibration errors due to a loaded host machine.

Re: [PATCH] add acpi pmtimer support

2012-08-13 Thread Kevin O'Connor
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 03:04:10PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: This patch makes seabios use the acpi pmtimer instead of tsc for timekeeping. The pmtimer has a fixed frequency and doesn't need calibration, thus it doesn't suffer from calibration errors due to a loaded host machine. It looks