Bug#296639: kernel-source-2.4.27: nforce[23] backport of acpi_skip_timer_override
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.
Thanks, looks good, though I think the Makefile portion of the patch
should be as follows. I am in the process of some rebuilds to confirm
this. I have CCed the Zwane Mwakikamo and LKML so this reaches the right
eyes.
--
Horms
diff -Nru a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile 2005-02-24 20:01:29.000000000 +0900
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile.noedit 2005-02-24 20:03:40.000000000 +0900
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_CPUID) += cpuid.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MICROCODE) += microcode.o
obj-$(CONFIG_APM) += apm.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT) += acpi.o earlyquirk.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT) += acpi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP) += acpi_wakeup.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += smp.o smpboot.o trampoline.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) += mpparse.o apic.o nmi.o
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