Subject: kern/32040: Missing HPET timer (PNP0103) in acpidevs list
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <njoly@pasteur.fr>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/10/2005 16:54:00
>Number: 32040
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: Missing HPET timer (PNP0103) in acpidevs list
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 10 16:54:00 +0000 2005
>Originator: Nicolas Joly
>Release: NetBSD 3.99.11
>Organization:
Institut Pasteur, Paris.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lanfeust.sis.pasteur.fr 3.99.11 NetBSD 3.99.11 (LANFEUST_ACPI) #1: Thu Nov 10 17:28:42 CET 2005 njoly@lanfeust.sis.pasteur.fr:/local/src/NetBSD/obj/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/LANFEUST_ACPI amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
I recently made some tests with ACPI on my Tyan S2885 workstation and noticed
that the HPET (High Precision Event Timer) timer PNP0103 is not listed in
acpidevs list.
njoly@lanfeust [~]> dmesg|grep PNP0103
PNP0103 at acpi0 not configured
Specifications from Intel:
http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot an kernel with ACPI+ACPIVERBOSE enabled on a Tyan Thunder S2885.
>Fix:
Index: sys/dev/acpi/acpidevs
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/dev/acpi/acpidevs,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 acpidevs
--- sys/dev/acpi/acpidevs 10 Nov 2005 13:30:46 -0000 1.6
+++ sys/dev/acpi/acpidevs 10 Nov 2005 16:27:04 -0000
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
PNP0100 AT Timer
PNP0101 EISA Timer
PNP0102 MCA Timer
+PNP0103 HPET Timer
# --DMA--
PNP0200 AT DMA Controller
PNP0201 EISA DMA Controller