[PATCH] x86_64: Add option to disable timer check
authorAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Fri, 20 May 2005 21:27:59 +0000 (14:27 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
Fri, 20 May 2005 22:48:21 +0000 (15:48 -0700)
This works around the too fast timer seen on some ATI boards.

I don't feel confident enough about it yet to enable it by default, but give
users the option.

Patch and debugging from Christopher Allen Wing <wingc@engin.umich.edu>, with
minor tweaks (renamed the option and documented it)

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c

index 44b6eea..b9e6be0 100644 (file)
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ APICs
 
    noapictimer  Don't set up the APIC timer
 
+   no_timer_check Don't check the IO-APIC timer. This can work around
+                problems with incorrect timer initialization on some boards.
+
 Early Console
 
    syntax: earlyprintk=vga
index ac76843..80e9b49 100644 (file)
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 int sis_apic_bug; /* not actually supported, dummy for compile */
 
+static int no_timer_check;
+
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ioapic_lock);
 
 /*
@@ -1601,7 +1603,7 @@ static inline void check_timer(void)
                 * Ok, does IRQ0 through the IOAPIC work?
                 */
                unmask_IO_APIC_irq(0);
-               if (timer_irq_works()) {
+               if (!no_timer_check && timer_irq_works()) {
                        nmi_watchdog_default();
                        if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_IO_APIC) {
                                disable_8259A_irq(0);
@@ -1671,6 +1673,13 @@ static inline void check_timer(void)
        panic("IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter\n");
 }
 
+static int __init notimercheck(char *s)
+{
+       no_timer_check = 1;
+       return 1;
+}
+__setup("no_timer_check", notimercheck);
+
 /*
  *
  * IRQ's that are handled by the PIC in the MPS IOAPIC case.