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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2006-02-06 10:43:13 -0200
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2006-02-06 10:43:13 -0200
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@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ APICs
no_timer_check Don't check the IO-APIC timer. This can work around
problems with incorrect timer initialization on some boards.
+ apicmaintimer Run time keeping from the local APIC timer instead
+ of using the PIT/HPET interrupt for this. This is useful
+ when the PIT/HPET interrupts are unreliable.
+
+ noapicmaintimer Don't do time keeping using the APIC timer.
+ Useful when this option was auto selected, but doesn't work.
+
+ apicpmtimer
+ Do APIC timer calibration using the pmtimer. Implies
+ apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally
+ broken.
+
Early Console
syntax: earlyprintk=vga