Re: VIA 686 timer bugfix incomplete

[george anzinger]

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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > Me thinks the real solution is the ACPI pm timer.  3 times the
> > resolution of the PIT and you can not stop it.  The high-res-timers
> > patch will allow you to use this as the time keeper and just use the PIT
> > to generate interrupts.
> 
> For awkward boxes you can use the PIT, for good boxes we can use rdtsc or
> eventually the ACPI timers when running with ACPI

I am attempting to use the ACPI timer without waiting for or running
ACPI.  After all it is there if you can find it.

George
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