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   From: "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
      
   Pete!   
      
   On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:49:10 UTC, Peter Brown    
   wrote:   
      
   > Hi Lars   
   >    
   > Lars Erdmann wrote:   
   > > Hi,   
   > >   
   > >> Maybe it could be incorporated into the acpi driver to help that   
   > >> driver get things right (finally :-) - especially if it could also be   
   > >> used for non Intel chipsets.   
   > >   
   > > No, we have to move away from the MP tables. ACPI comes with its own   
   > > tables.   
   >    
   >    
   > Oh, so that is why ACPI does not work  :-)   
   >    
   >    
   > > I have checked a new machine that claimed to have an MP table but the table   
   > > itself could not even be found at the indicated place. It was completely   
   > > hosed.   
   > >   
   > > Forget about the "old fashioned" MP tables. ACPI tables are the future.   
   > > The ACPI table equivalent to the MP tables is called "MADT table".   
   > >   
   > > Lars   
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > What is a HPET table? - the only table mentioned in my mainboard BIOS.   
   >    
   > Regards   
   >    
   > Pete   
      
   Here are a couple of takes on this:   
      
   1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Precision_Event_Timer   
      
   2) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463347.aspx   
      
      
      
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