We need a timer to delay short amounts during SMP init and to calibrate lapic timer. That is why we introduced hpet. It is present in every amd64 board since 2005. I don't think its too much to expect the timer to exist for amd64.
Damien Sent from Proton Mail Android -------- Original Message -------- On 12/8/25 6:36 pm, Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the GNU Hurd <bug-hurd@gnu.org> wrote: > I wrote: > > It surely would be nice if Hurd did not assume the presence of this piece > > of hardware (it didn't in the November 2024 images). > > I can see a relevant thread not too long ago: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2025-06/msg00010.html > > But I can also read that HPET is implemented incorrectly in some mainboards > [1]. > > Bruno > > [1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Disabling-HPET-H-Icelake > > > > >
