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    • Andi Kleen's avatar
      [PATCH] x86_64: Fix ioctl compat code for /dev/rtc · fc5870f6
      Andi Kleen authored
      RTC_IRQP_SET/RTC_EPOCH_SET don't take a pointer to an argument, but the
      argument itself.  This actually simplifies the code and makes it work.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      fc5870f6
    • Andi Kleen's avatar
      [PATCH] x86_64: Better ATI timer fix · ab9b32ee
      Andi Kleen authored
      The previous experiment for using apicmaintimer on ATI systems didn't
      work out very well.  In particular laptops with C2/C3 support often
      don't let it tick during idle, which makes it useless.  There were also
      some other bugs that made the apicmaintimer often not used at all.
      
      I tried some other experiments - running timer over RTC and some other
      things but they didn't really work well neither.
      
      I rechecked the specs now and it turns out this simple change is
      actually enough to avoid the double ticks on the ATI systems.  We just
      turn off IRQ 0 in the 8254 and only route it directly using the IO-APIC.
      
      I tested it on a few ATI systems and it worked there.  In fact it worked
      on all chipsets (NVidia, Intel, AMD, ATI) I tried it on.
      
      According to the ACPI spec routing should always work through the
      IO-APIC so I think it's the correct thing to do anyways (and most of the
      old gunk in check_timer should be thrown away for x86-64).
      
      But for 2.6.16 it's best to do a fairly minimal change:
       - Use the known to be working everywhere-but-ATI IRQ0 both over 8254
         and IO-APIC setup everywhere
       - Except on ATI disable IRQ0 in the 8254
       - Remove the code to select apicmaintimer on ATI chipsets
       - Add some boot options to allow to override this (just paranoia)
      
      In 2.6.17 I hope to switch the default over to this for everybody.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      ab9b32ee