Bug#296639: kernel-source-2.4.27: nforce[23] backport of acpi_skip_timer_override

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:40:55PM +0000, Edward Miller wrote:
> Package: kernel-source-2.4.27
> Version: 2.4.27-8
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> The 2.6 kernel series has, since 2.6.5, had a fix for an erroneous timer
> override present in many BIOSes in nforce[23] chipsets. The 2.4 series
> is missing this, resulting in an XT_PIC timer on systems that have an
> APIC-enabled kernel. This is believed to cause system instability,
> including hard lock-ups (with no ssh). At my request, Zwane Mwaikambo
> has kindly backported the fix for 2.4.30 and Ihave found that this patch
> works almost unaltered on Debian's kernel-source-2.4.27. Bearing in mind
> the proximity of Sarge's release and especially d-i rc3, I thought I
> should send you the patch for review now.
> 
> Maybe this will have to be a post-Sarge item but there is a lot of
> cheap nforce2 out there and 2.6.8 may not be suitable for everyone so I
> hope you can consider this patch for inclusion in Sarge's 2.4.27.

Hi Edward,

thanks for your detailed bug report and patch.
As it happens there will almost certainly be another release of 2.4.27
before sarge. So the only real barrier to adding this patch is any
instability it might cause. Do you have any oppinions on this?
I am going to put your patch into my tree and SVN to double-check
that it builds, i will remove it if you think it should wait until
later.


-- 
Horms