it worked on at least one machine :) It should prevent those ugly divide
by zero kernel oopses.
[any feedback, both positive and negative is welcome!]
Ingo
[the following patch is against any recentish 2.0 kernel]
--- .time.c.original Wed Oct 23 16:37:36 1996
+++ time.c Thu Oct 31 10:04:20 1996
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/delay.h>
#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
#include <linux/timex.h>
@@ -482,6 +485,7 @@
xtime.tv_sec = get_cmos_time();
xtime.tv_usec = 0;
+ printk("This is the K5 patch thingie.\n");
/* If we have the CPU hardware time counters, use them */
#ifndef CONFIG_APM
/* Don't use them if a suspend/resume could
@@ -489,6 +493,28 @@
needs more debugging. */
if (x86_capability & 16) {
do_gettimeoffset = do_fast_gettimeoffset;
+
+ printk("detecting Vendor: %s.\n", x86_vendor_id);
+ if( strcmp( x86_vendor_id, "AuthenticAMD" ) == 0 ) {
+ printk(" AMD detected.\n");
+ printk(" detecting CPU: %d.\n",x86);
+ if( x86 == 5 ) {
+ printk(" K5 detected.\n");
+ printk(" detecting model: %d.\n",x86_model);
+ if( x86_model == 0 ) {
+ printk(" Model 0 detected.\n");
+ printk(" Tweaking cycle counter logic.\n");
+ /* turn on cycle counters during power down */
+ __asm__ __volatile__ (" movl $0x83, %%ecx \n \
+ rdmsr \n \
+ orl $1,%%eax \n \
+ wrmsr \n "
+ : : : "ax", "cx", "dx" );
+ udelay(500);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
/* read Pentium cycle counter */
__asm__(".byte 0x0f,0x31"
:"=a" (init_timer_cc.low),