From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262092AbVFHWCR (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 18:02:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262104AbVFHWCR (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 18:02:17 -0400 Received: from ausc60ps301.us.dell.com ([143.166.148.206]:47653 "EHLO ausc60ps301.us.dell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262092AbVFHWCP (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 18:02:15 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.93,184,1115010000"; d="scan'208"; a="252199580:sNHT35527660" Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:02:14 -0500 From: Matt Domsch To: Jon Smirl Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Dell BIOS and HPET timer support Message-ID: <20050608220214.GE21704@lists.us.dell.com> References: <9e47339105060813115d01282@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e47339105060813115d01282@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:11:39PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > After several communications with Dell support I have determined that > most Dell BIOSs don't include the ACPI entry for the HPET timer. The > official reason for this is that no version of Windows uses the HPET > and adding the ACPI entry might cause compatibility problems. What platform/BIOS version please? PowerEdge x8xx servers certainly do have HPET enabled in their ACPI tables. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Software Architect Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com