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authorJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-02-27 11:33:51 -0500
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-02-27 11:33:51 -0500
commitdbfedbb98145375106cee7ec7269611d553819dc (patch)
tree81d2a6de51b1bb3c704e5385dbc90ca79efa69bc /arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
parent7b0386921db20add25afd8678ed34a9253e512fc (diff)
parente95a9ec1bb66e07b138861c743192f06e7b3e4de (diff)
Merge branch 'master'
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
index e5b14c57eaa..d70605eda33 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
@@ -962,12 +962,14 @@ void smp_apic_timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
irq_exit();
}
+int __initdata unsync_tsc_on_multicluster;
+
/*
* oem_force_hpet_timer -- force HPET mode for some boxes.
*
* Thus far, the major user of this is IBM's Summit2 series:
*
- * Clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
+ * Some clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
* multi-chassis. Use available data to take a good guess.
* If in doubt, go HPET.
*/
@@ -977,6 +979,11 @@ __cpuinit int oem_force_hpet_timer(void)
unsigned id;
DECLARE_BITMAP(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
+ /* Only do this check on IBM machines - big Unisys systems
+ use multiple clusters too, but have synchronized TSC */
+ if (!unsync_tsc_on_multicluster)
+ return 0;
+
bitmap_zero(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {