[PATCH] x86: Add acpi_user_timer_override option for Asus boards
Timer overrides are normally disabled on Nvidia board because
they are commonly wrong, except on new ones with HPET support.
Unfortunately there are quite some Asus boards around that
don't have HPET, but need a timer override.
We don't know yet how to handle this transparently,
but at least add a command line option to force the timer override
and let them boot.
Cc: len.brown@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index dd00fd5..6747384 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+ acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
+ Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+ that require a timer override, but don't have
+ HPET
acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI]
Format: <int>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 22e4c46..d12fb97 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
acpi_interrupt_flags acpi_sci_flags __initdata;
int acpi_sci_override_gsi __initdata;
int acpi_skip_timer_override __initdata;
+int acpi_use_timer_override __initdata;
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
static u64 acpi_lapic_addr __initdata = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE;
@@ -1300,6 +1301,13 @@
return 0;
}
early_param("acpi_skip_timer_override", parse_acpi_skip_timer_override);
+
+static int __init parse_acpi_use_timer_override(char *arg)
+{
+ acpi_use_timer_override = 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("acpi_use_timer_override", parse_acpi_use_timer_override);
#endif /* CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
static int __init setup_acpi_sci(char *s)
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
index fe799b1..c984169 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
/* According to Nvidia all timer overrides are bogus unless HPET
is enabled. */
- if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
+ if (!acpi_use_timer_override && vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board "
+ "detected. Ignoring ACPI "
+ "timer override.\n");
+ printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble "
+ "try acpi_use_timer_override\n");
+
}
}
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
index 2b1245d..68273bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@
/*
* All timer overrides on Nvidia are
* wrong unless HPET is enabled.
+ * Unfortunately that's not true on many Asus boards.
+ * We don't know yet how to detect this automatically, but
+ * at least allow a command line override.
*/
+ if (acpi_use_timer_override)
+ return;
+
nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
@@ -53,6 +59,8 @@
printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board "
"detected. Ignoring ACPI "
"timer override.\n");
+ printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble "
+ "try acpi_use_timer_override\n");
}
#endif
/* RED-PEN skip them on mptables too? */
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
index 6016632..c80b3a9 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
+extern int acpi_use_timer_override;
#endif
static inline void acpi_noirq_set(void) { acpi_noirq = 1; }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
index ed59aa4..9d1916e 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
#define ARCH_HAS_POWER_INIT 1
extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
+extern int acpi_use_timer_override;
#endif /*__KERNEL__*/