Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread Feng Tang
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:52:57PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On 03/27/2014 04:02 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > Feng Tang wrote: > >> On many new phone/tablet platforms like Baytrail/Merrifield etc, > >> the HPET are either defeatured or has some problem to be used > >> as a reliable timer. A

Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread Feng Tang
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 02:27:26PM -0700, John Stultz wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > On 03/27/2014 04:02 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > >> Feng Tang wrote: > >> The help text still says: > >> | You can safely choose Y here. [...] > >> | Choose N to continue us

Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread John Stultz
On 03/27/2014 02:33 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:27 PM, John Stultz wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski >> wrote: >>> On 03/27/2014 04:02 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: Feng Tang wrote: The help text still says: | You can safely choose

Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:27 PM, John Stultz wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> On 03/27/2014 04:02 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >>> Feng Tang wrote: >>> The help text still says: >>> | You can safely choose Y here. [...] >>> | Choose N to continue using the legac

Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread John Stultz
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On 03/27/2014 04:02 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >> Feng Tang wrote: >> The help text still says: >> | You can safely choose Y here. [...] >> | Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer. >> >> Are these statements still true for thos

Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On 03/27/2014 04:02 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Feng Tang wrote: >> On many new phone/tablet platforms like Baytrail/Merrifield etc, >> the HPET are either defeatured or has some problem to be used >> as a reliable timer. As these platforms also have X86_64, we >> should not make HPET_TIMER defaul

Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Feng Tang wrote: > On many new phone/tablet platforms like Baytrail/Merrifield etc, > the HPET are either defeatured or has some problem to be used > as a reliable timer. As these platforms also have X86_64, we > should not make HPET_TIMER default y for all X86_64. The help text still says: | You

[PATCH] x86: hpet: Don't default CONFIG_HPET_TIMER to be y for X86_64

2014-03-27 Thread Feng Tang
On many new phone/tablet platforms like Baytrail/Merrifield etc, the HPET are either defeatured or has some problem to be used as a reliable timer. As these platforms also have X86_64, we should not make HPET_TIMER default y for all X86_64. Signed-off-by: Feng Tang --- arch/x86/Kconfig |3 +-