Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 13:37:00 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_timer.c Message-ID: <200107282037.f6SKb0J02107@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:07:19 BST." <20010728180718.A736@tao.org.uk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > msmith 2001/07/27 02:01:13 PDT
> >=20
> > Modified files:
> > sys/dev/acpica acpi_timer.c=20
> > Log:
> > The ACPI timer register corruption problem is resolved in the PIIX4
> > starting with the PIIX4M. Restrict enabling the workaround to those
> > chips known to be buggy.
>
> What effect would we observe if the workaround wasn't installed on
> buggy chips?
I'd expect to see the dreaded "microtime went backwards" messages.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200107282037.f6SKb0J02107>