On 25/03/2021 16:52, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> From: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
>
> Commit e1de4c196a2e ("x86/timer: Fix boot on Intel systems using ITSSPRC
> static PIT clock gating") was reported to cause boot failures on certain
> AMD Ryzen systems.
>
> Refine the fix to do nothing in the default case, and only attempt to
> configure legacy replacement mode if IRQ0 is found to not be working.
>
> In addition, introduce a "hpet" command line option so this heuristic
> can be overridden. Since it makes little sense to introduce just
> "hpet=legacy-replacement", also allow for a boolean argument as well as
> "broadcast" to replace the separate "hpetbroadcast" option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com>
> ---
> CC: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
> CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger....@citrix.com>
> CC: Wei Liu <w...@xen.org>
> CC: Ian Jackson <i...@xenproject.org>
> CC: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marma...@invisiblethingslab.com>
> CC: Frédéric Pierret <frederic.pier...@qubes-os.org>
>
> For 4.15: Attempt to unbreak AMD Ryzen 1800X systems.
Sorry - lost a hunk during a rebase (the one to cope with hpet=0). I'll
fold that in and post a v1.1 in due course.
