1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
index fe799b11ac0a..c9841692bb7c 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ static int __init check_bridge(int vendor, int device)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
         /* According to Nvidia all timer overrides are bogus unless HPET
            is enabled. */
-        if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
+        if (!acpi_use_timer_override && vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
                 nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
                 acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
                 if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
                         acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
+                          printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board "
+                       "detected. Ignoring ACPI "
+                       "timer override.\n");
+                printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble "
+                                 "try acpi_use_timer_override\n");
+
                 }
         }
 #endif