Re: TIMER selection via tunable

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 05:39:47PM +0000, David Rhodus wrote:
> On Apr 2, 2005 4:27 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > the attached patch implements the timer selection as tunable and
> > removes the TIMER_USE_1 option.
> > 
> > I intend to commit this tomorrow.
> > 
> > Joerg
> 
> Why do we still need this ?

There is at least one BIOS (mine) which likes to mess with the speaker
from SMI. Beside that, having a workable speaker is useful :)

Joerg