On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:26:42PM +0100, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:09:57PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Here follow a small patch i made in the last few days to add support
> > for HPET timer found on amd8111 chpiset.
> > 
> > This timer is available on the LPC controller with a new amdpcib
> > driver.
> 
> Is it the same as the HPETs you can find in Intel's chipsets?

I think so; it follows the Intel specifications.
<URL:http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>

> Does it appear in the ACPI table?  It'd be even better to have a
> generic hpet@acpi driver.

Yes, it's available in ACPI tables. I'll try to make the ACPI driver
next ...

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.