HPET does not work on a 64 bit server.
Issue
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HPET does not work on a Dell PowerEdge 2950.This system should be working fine according to hwcert#227917.
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HPET does not work.
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Compaq ProLiant DL380 G5 is displaying hpet busy messages
In dmesg the following message is logged (grep -i /var/log/dmesg):
ACPI: HPET (v001 DELL PE_SC3 0x00000001 DELL 0x00000001) @ 0xcfb83184
ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000
hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000 (virtual 0xf8800000), IRQs 2, 8, 0
hpet0: 3 64-bit timers, 14318180 Hz
Using HPET for base-timer
hpet_resources: 0xfed00000 is busy
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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