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git-mirror · Nov 14, 2006 · 6d183d6 · 6d183d6
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: 15803a43288da434d34d41c4ed650c3c1728d42c
+refs/heads/master: fa18f477d0987c011cce047a7c3cd1284f547a14
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
 			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
 			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
+			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+			that require a timer override, but don't have
+			HPET
 
 	acpi_dbg_layer=	[HW,ACPI]
 			Format: <int>

diff --git a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_strict);
 acpi_interrupt_flags acpi_sci_flags __initdata;
 int acpi_sci_override_gsi __initdata;
 int acpi_skip_timer_override __initdata;
+int acpi_use_timer_override __initdata;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 static u64 acpi_lapic_addr __initdata = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE;
@@ -1300,6 +1301,13 @@ static int __init parse_acpi_skip_timer_override(char *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("acpi_skip_timer_override", parse_acpi_skip_timer_override);
+
+static int __init parse_acpi_use_timer_override(char *arg)
+{
+	acpi_use_timer_override = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("acpi_use_timer_override", parse_acpi_use_timer_override);
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
 
 static int __init setup_acpi_sci(char *s)

diff --git a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ static int __init check_bridge(int vendor, int device)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 	/* According to Nvidia all timer overrides are bogus unless HPET
 	   is enabled. */
-	if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
+	if (!acpi_use_timer_override && vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
 		nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
 		acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
 		if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
 			acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
+			  printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board "
+                       "detected. Ignoring ACPI "
+                       "timer override.\n");
+                printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble "
+			 	 "try acpi_use_timer_override\n");
+
 		}
 	}
 #endif

diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
@@ -45,14 +45,22 @@ static void nvidia_bugs(void)
 	/*
 	 * All timer overrides on Nvidia are
 	 * wrong unless HPET is enabled.
+	 * Unfortunately that's not true on many Asus boards.
+	 * We don't know yet how to detect this automatically, but
+	 * at least allow a command line override.
 	 */
+	if (acpi_use_timer_override)
+		return;
+
 	nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
 	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
 	if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
 		acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board "
 		       "detected. Ignoring ACPI "
 		       "timer override.\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble "
+			"try acpi_use_timer_override\n");
 	}
 #endif
 	/* RED-PEN skip them on mptables too? */

diff --git a/trunk/include/asm-i386/acpi.h b/trunk/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern int acpi_gsi_to_irq(u32 gsi, unsigned int *irq);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
+extern int acpi_use_timer_override;
 #endif
 
 static inline void acpi_noirq_set(void) { acpi_noirq = 1; }

diff --git a/trunk/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h b/trunk/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ extern u8 x86_acpiid_to_apicid[];
 #define ARCH_HAS_POWER_INIT 1
 
 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
+extern int acpi_use_timer_override;
 
 #endif /*__KERNEL__*/