x86: add hpet sanity checks
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:41:50 +0000 (21:41 -0500)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@apollo.(none)>
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:27:01 +0000 (16:27 +0100)
Some BIOSes advertise HPET at 0x0. We really do no want to
allocate a resource there. Check for it and leave early.

Other BIOSes tell us the HPET is at 0xfed0000000000000
instead of 0xfed00000. Add a check and fix it up with a warning
on user request.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c

index 289247d974c60fe77ed4b989a2a2634734392ab9..0ca27c7b0e8db00335d47dc158557bf4915aede6 100644 (file)
@@ -637,6 +637,38 @@ static int __init acpi_parse_hpet(struct acpi_table_header *table)
        }
 
        hpet_address = hpet_tbl->address.address;
+
+       /*
+        * Some broken BIOSes advertise HPET at 0x0. We really do not
+        * want to allocate a resource there.
+        */
+       if (!hpet_address) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
+                      "HPET id: %#x base: %#lx is invalid\n",
+                      hpet_tbl->id, hpet_address);
+               return 0;
+       }
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+       /*
+        * Some even more broken BIOSes advertise HPET at
+        * 0xfed0000000000000 instead of 0xfed00000. Fix it up and add
+        * some noise:
+        */
+       if (hpet_address == 0xfed0000000000000UL) {
+               if (!hpet_force_user) {
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "HPET id: %#x "
+                              "base: 0xfed0000000000000 is bogus\n "
+                              "try hpet=force on the kernel command line to "
+                              "fix it up to 0xfed00000.\n", hpet_tbl->id);
+                       hpet_address = 0;
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
+                      "HPET id: %#x base: 0xfed0000000000000 fixed up "
+                      "to 0xfed00000.\n", hpet_tbl->id);
+               hpet_address >>= 32;
+       }
+#endif
        printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "HPET id: %#x base: %#lx\n",
               hpet_tbl->id, hpet_address);