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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
index fe9f0b79a18b..5cb9a4d6f623 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
@@ -627,8 +627,12 @@ static struct chipset early_qrk[] __initdata = {
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA, PCI_ANY_ID,
QFLAG_APPLY_ONCE, intel_graphics_stolen },
/*
- * HPET on current version of Baytrail platform has accuracy
- * problems, disable it for now:
+ * HPET on the current version of the Baytrail platform has accuracy
+ * problems: it will halt in deep idle state - so we disable it.
+ *
+ * More details can be found in section 18.10.1.3 of the datasheet:
+ *
+ * http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/atom-z8000-datasheet-vol-1.pdf
*/
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0x0f00,
PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, force_disable_hpet},