Re: [PATCH/RFC] Enable HPET on VIA8237 southbridge

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Karsten Wiese wrote:
> if you have that chip on your mainboard and want to play with it's
> hpet, this might get you going.

I'm using similar code for my ICH5 southbridge, but I patched
arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c instead so that the kernel can use it
for its own purposes.

> One exception: Timer1 says it can do PERIODIC mode,
> but this doesn't work here. One shot is ok.

This may be because your patch doesn't initialize the interrupt
routing registers (which would have been the BIOS' job).


Regards,
Clemens

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