* Lampersperger Andreas <lampersperger.andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2008-01-22 13:14:40]: > No, there is no BIOS option which indicates HPET support. But the > BIOS on my system is IMHO very very bad. It knows nothing about the > features on the board. Is ist crucial to have here BIOS support? Or > can these features be enabled by e.g. boot parameters? Hi, afaik, there needs to be h/w support enabled [via bios] as hpet is a hardware feature. Without h/w enablement, the kernel can't do much. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Chirag Jog [mailto:chirag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. Januar 2008 12:55 > An: Lampersperger Andreas > Cc: linux-rt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: How to enable HPET on an 2.6.23.9-rt12 with Intel ICH2 > > * Lampersperger Andreas <lampersperger.andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2008-01-22 12:09:42]: > > > Hello, > > > > does anyone have a hint how to enable High resolution timers on my > > system (with a Intel ICH2 (which has afaik 8254 Timers). Is this > > hardware not enough for hr-timers? > Check your BIOS settings. > If your h/w supports HPET, there should be an option in the BIOS to turn it on. > > <snip> > -- > Cheers, > Chirag Jog > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Registergericht: Traunstein / Code of Register HRB 275 Sitz / Head Office: Traunreut > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender / Chairman of Supervisory Board: Rainer Burkhard > Geschaeftsfuehrung / Managing Director: Thomas Sesselmann > -- Cheers, Chirag Jog - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
