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authorAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>2005-05-20 14:27:59 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-05-20 15:48:21 -0700
commit14d98cad82b78956957e95567b8b5fb38ec5859f (patch)
treeab1b15e3a2524805495d21be074551f9e553e270 /Documentation/x86_64
parent607a16858397829806c5a4db999ce6daf327f98c (diff)
[PATCH] x86_64: Add option to disable timer check
This works around the too fast timer seen on some ATI boards. I don't feel confident enough about it yet to enable it by default, but give users the option. Patch and debugging from Christopher Allen Wing <wingc@engin.umich.edu>, with minor tweaks (renamed the option and documented it) Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index 44b6eea60ec..b9e6be00cad 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ APICs
noapictimer Don't set up the APIC timer
+ no_timer_check Don't check the IO-APIC timer. This can work around
+ problems with incorrect timer initialization on some boards.
+
Early Console
syntax: earlyprintk=vga