kern/44022: hpet should attach via acpi table

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>Number:         44022
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       hpet(4) should attach on presence of ACPI HPET table
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 01 13:40:00 +0000 2010
>Originator:     Jonathan A. Kollasch
>Release:        NetBSD 5.1_RC4
>Organization:
>Environment:
        
        
System: NetBSD trantor.kollasch.net 5.1_RC4 NetBSD 5.1_RC4 (TRANTOR) #10: Sun 
Oct 31 17:35:53 CDT 2010 
jakllsch%trantor.kollasch.net@localhost:/local/jakllsch/nbsd/build-5/objdir/sys/arch/amd64/compile/TRANTOR
 amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
Some machines only have a ACPI HPET table and no PNP0103 device node.
>How-To-Repeat:
Hope to use the HPET on a machine without a PNP0103 but with a HPET table.
>Fix:

>Unformatted: