Re: [patch 1/9] Fix HPET init race

> 
> Well it still seems a bit dodgy to me - I'd have thought it'd be possible
> (and nicer) to come up with a version which is safe to call at any time.
> 
> Are you sure this won't cause a kexec'ed kernel to lock up for five
> minutes, for example?
> 
> Anyway, I'll let Andi worry about this one.  Please send him a signed-off
> and fully changelogged patch and still cc myself, thanks.

What is the status on this one? Jiri, do you have an updated patch?
-Andi
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