[PATCH] x86_64: Don't enable ATI apicmaintimer workaround when the machine has C2...
authorAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:42:04 +0000 (23:42 +0100)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:00:40 +0000 (08:00 -0800)
Many laptops have problems with ticking the local APIC timer in C2/C3.
The code added earlier to use it by default on ATI didn't really work
for them. Don't enable it when the system supports C2/C3.

This doesn't fix the problem fully, but at least it's not worse than before.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c

index 4282d72b2a260e28c2aa2c9c272b8b8ef8621d7b..2585c1d92b26bd2b9443433f9a1b83c25e36dc3e 100644 (file)
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+#include <acpi/acpi_bus.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -260,6 +263,8 @@ __setup("apic", enable_ioapic_setup);
 
    And another hack to disable the IOMMU on VIA chipsets.
 
+   ... and others. Really should move this somewhere else.
+
    Kludge-O-Rama. */
 void __init check_ioapic(void) 
 { 
@@ -307,6 +312,17 @@ void __init check_ioapic(void)
                                case PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI:
                                        if (apic_runs_main_timer != 0)
                                                break;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+                                       /* Don't do this for laptops right
+                                          right now because their timer
+                                          doesn't necessarily tick in C2/3 */
+                                       if (acpi_fadt.revision >= 3 &&
+                       (acpi_fadt.plvl2_lat + acpi_fadt.plvl3_lat) < 1100) {
+                                               printk(KERN_INFO
+"ATI board detected, but seems to be a laptop. Timer might be shakey, sorry\n");
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+#endif                                 
                                        printk(KERN_INFO
             "ATI board detected. Using APIC/PM timer.\n");
                                        apic_runs_main_timer = 1;