Re: [PATCH] hpet: drop stale link

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* Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Looks like the HPET spec at intel.com got moved.
> It isn't hard to find so drop the link, just mention
> the revision assumed.
> 
> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/char/hpet.c           | 2 +-
>  Documentation/timers/hpet.txt | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/Kconfig              | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
> index 240b6cf..86c5f4d 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
>  /*
>   * The High Precision Event Timer driver.
>   * This driver is closely modelled after the rtc.c driver.
> - * http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf
> + * http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/technical-specifications/software-developers-hpet-spec-1-0a.pdf
>   */
>  #define	HPET_USER_FREQ	(64)
>  #define	HPET_DRIFT	(500)
> diff --git a/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt b/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt
> index 767392f..f24e978 100644
> --- a/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>  The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) hardware follows a specification
>  by Intel and Microsoft which can be found at
>  
> -	http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf
> +http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/technical-specifications/software-developers-hpet-spec-1-0a.pdf
>  
>  Each HPET has one fixed-rate counter (at 10+ MHz, hence "High Precision")
>  and up to 32 comparators.  Normally three or more comparators are provided,
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 9af2e63..f32faba 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ config HPET_TIMER
>  	  The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
>  	  systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
>  	  as it is off-chip.  You can find the HPET spec at
> -	  <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>.
> +	  <http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/technical-specifications/software-developers-hpet-spec-1-0a.pdf>.
>  
>  	  You can safely choose Y here.  However, HPET will only be
>  	  activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.

In fact we can also remove the link from this Kconfig entry, as it's highly 
unlikely that a user doing kernel configuration would want to start reading a 
spec.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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