On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Arnd Hannemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > The attached patch rearranges the code so that the handler is
> > > installed before we setup the interrupt (so we have somebody to
> > > listen to the immediate interrupt), and it makes sure that we clear
> > > the event in the IRQ handler regardless of the state of the timer
> > > tick.
> >
> > This patch indeed solves the problem. The board boots fine. Great
> > work!
>
> since this driver is new in 2.6.24, perhaps we should apply this fix to
> v2.6.24?
Yes. It is definitely a safe change and makes otherwise broken systems
work. There is no impact to anything else than the GEODEs.
Linus,
if you agree, please pull the fix from:
ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86.git
Thanks,
tglx
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