[PATCH] x86_64: Automatically enable apicmaintimer on ATI boards
They all have problems with IRQ 0 routing, so just use the APIC on them.
Can be overwritten with "noapicmaintimer"
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
index 1a5060b..4282d72 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@
#endif
/* RED-PEN skip them on mptables too? */
return;
+ case PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI:
+ if (apic_runs_main_timer != 0)
+ break;
+ printk(KERN_INFO
+ "ATI board detected. Using APIC/PM timer.\n");
+ apic_runs_main_timer = 1;
+ nohpet = 1;
+ return;
}
/* No multi-function device? */