Karsten Wiese wrote:
> Am Montag, 26. September 2005 17:49 schrieb Clemens Ladisch:
> > 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.
>
> The kernel uses the hpet here too with my patch.

Uh, yes.  I wasn't sure where I could add a hook to be called early
enough so that the assignment to hpet_address still takes effect, so I
just unconditionally replaced acpi_parse_hpet.

> Please send me your acpi/boot.c patch.

Attached.

> I guess you setup an ACPI_HPET entry, if none has been found?

This would be a good idea for a patch that would have any chance of
being applied to the kernel.

> Maybe your approach is safer/better,

You didn't yet see it ... ;-)


Regards,
Clemens