[PATCH] x86-64/i386: Use common X86_PM_TIMER option and make it EMBEDDED
This makes x86-64 use the common X86_PM_TIMER Kconfig entry in drivers/acpi
And since PM timer is needed for correct timing on a lot of systems
now (e.g. AMD dual cores) and we often get bug reports from people
who forgot to set it make it depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED. x86-64 had
this change before and it's a good thing.
I also fixed the description slightly to make this more clear.
Cc: len.brown@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index 2f9deca..babc31b 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -354,21 +354,6 @@
as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at
<http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec.htm>.
-config X86_PM_TIMER
- bool "PM timer" if EMBEDDED
- depends on ACPI
- default y
- help
- Support the ACPI PM timer for time keeping. This is slow,
- but is useful on some chipsets without HPET on systems with more
- than one CPU. On a single processor or single socket multi core
- system it is normally not required.
- When the PM timer is active 64bit vsyscalls are disabled
- and should not be enabled (/proc/sys/kernel/vsyscall64 should
- not be changed).
- The kernel selects the PM timer only as a last resort, so it is
- useful to enable just in case.
-
config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
bool "Provide RTC interrupt"
depends on HPET_TIMER && RTC=y
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 0cce28c..9dc2fbe 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -285,9 +285,8 @@
dump your ACPI DSDT table using /proc/acpi/dsdt.
config X86_PM_TIMER
- bool "Power Management Timer Support"
+ bool "Power Management Timer Support" if EMBEDDED
depends on X86
- depends on !X86_64
default y
help
The Power Management Timer is available on all ACPI-capable,
@@ -298,9 +297,8 @@
voltage scaling, unlike the commonly used Time Stamp Counter
(TSC) timing source.
- So, if you see messages like 'Losing too many ticks!' in the
- kernel logs, and/or you are using this on a notebook which
- does not yet have an HPET, you should say "Y" here.
+ You should nearly always say Y here because many modern
+ systems require this timer.
config ACPI_CONTAINER
tristate "ACPI0004,PNP0A05 and PNP0A06 Container Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"