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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 8 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig index 2f9deca31cc..babc31b3ef1 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig @@ -354,21 +354,6 @@ config HPET_TIMER as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec.htm>. -config X86_PM_TIMER - bool "PM timer" if EMBEDDED - depends on ACPI - default y - help - Support the ACPI PM timer for time keeping. This is slow, - but is useful on some chipsets without HPET on systems with more - than one CPU. On a single processor or single socket multi core - system it is normally not required. - When the PM timer is active 64bit vsyscalls are disabled - and should not be enabled (/proc/sys/kernel/vsyscall64 should - not be changed). - The kernel selects the PM timer only as a last resort, so it is - useful to enable just in case. - config HPET_EMULATE_RTC bool "Provide RTC interrupt" depends on HPET_TIMER && RTC=y diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig index 0cce28c4025..9dc2fbe6efa 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig @@ -285,9 +285,8 @@ config ACPI_SYSTEM dump your ACPI DSDT table using /proc/acpi/dsdt. config X86_PM_TIMER - bool "Power Management Timer Support" + bool "Power Management Timer Support" if EMBEDDED depends on X86 - depends on !X86_64 default y help The Power Management Timer is available on all ACPI-capable, @@ -298,9 +297,8 @@ config X86_PM_TIMER voltage scaling, unlike the commonly used Time Stamp Counter (TSC) timing source. - So, if you see messages like 'Losing too many ticks!' in the - kernel logs, and/or you are using this on a notebook which - does not yet have an HPET, you should say "Y" here. + You should nearly always say Y here because many modern + systems require this timer. config ACPI_CONTAINER tristate "ACPI0004,PNP0A05 and PNP0A06 Container Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" |