Re: [PATCH] VIA timer fix was removed?

[Neale Banks]

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On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:

> > I have seen IBM machines (Netfinity 6000R) where this code got triggered
> > even though they didn't have VIA chipsets/timers. Seems to have caused
> > some problems there and I removed the code (in the custom kernel running
> > on those machines).
> 
> #ifdefs and a question in config, maybe?

Or a boot-time option to disable this fix?

Attached (untested) patch against 21.2.20 (which still has the $SUBJECT
code) should implement timer=no-via686a option to disable this.  Hopefully
I'll get it tested in the next day or two.

Regards,
Neale.

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