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From: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86, hpet: Add reference to chipset erratum documentation for disable-hpet-msi-quirk
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 18:43:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100517164324.GB10254@alberich.amd.com> (raw)

From: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>

(At the moment the "SB700 Family Product Errata" document is available
at http://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/46837.pdf)

Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Linus recommended to add a pointer to that erratum to the source.  See

  http://marc.info/?i=alpine.LFD.2.00.1005170811400.4195@i5.linux-foundation.org

Please apply.


Thanks,

Andreas


diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c
index cd2c336..e72d3fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ void force_hpet_resume(void)
 /*
  * HPET MSI on some boards (ATI SB700/SB800) has side effect on
  * floppy DMA. Disable HPET MSI on such platforms.
+ * See erratum #27 (Misinterpreted MSI Requests May Result in
+ * Corrupted LPC DMA Data) in AMD Publication #46837,
+ * "SB700 Family Product Errata", Rev. 1.0, March 2010.
  *
  * Also force the read back of the CMP register in hpet_next_event()
  * to work around the problem that the CMP register write seems to be
-- 
1.6.4.4


             reply	other threads:[~2010-05-17 16:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-17 16:43 Andreas Herrmann [this message]
2010-05-17 16:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-17 16:59   ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-05-17 17:05     ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-05-17 17:06 ` [tip:x86/timers] " tip-bot for Andreas Herrmann

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