[ltp] Re: Linux on the T20

[Alan Shutko]

kfrechet@us.ibm.com writes:

> The solution that we've provided in the preload is to massage the CLKRUN
> pin programmatically. This is done via PIIX4 registers accessed via the PCI
> bus. CLKRUN is a signal and protocol on the Intel PIIX4 (PCI-TO-ISA / IDE
> XCELERATOR) chip set. We're had Linuxcare create an executable that
> disables CLKRUN when the ALSA drivers are loaded and re-enables it when the
> ALSA drivers are unloaded.

Thanks for the explanation.  That makes more sense now. 

So, what do the windows drivers do?  Do they also turn off CLKRUN?

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