Re: [PATCH -mm] Fix faulty HPET clocksource usage (fix for bug #7062)

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:32:39 -0700
john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Apparently some systems export valid HPET addresses, but hpet_enable()
> fails. Then when the HPET clocksource starts up, it only checks for a
> valid HPET address, and the result is a system where time does not
> advance.
> 
> See http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7062 for details.
> 
> This patch just makes sure we better check that the HPET is functional
> before registering the HPET clocksource.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
> 
> diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
> index c6737c3..17647a5 100644
> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
> +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int __init init_hpet_clocksource(
>  	void __iomem* hpet_base;
>  	u64 tmp;
>  
> -	if (!hpet_address)
> +	if (!is_hpet_enabled())
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
>  	/* calculate the hpet address: */

Thanks.   This would be a 2.6.18 thing, wouldn't it?