1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index f8367074da0d..53303f2e5475 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -69,12 +69,15 @@ static inline void hpet_clear_mapping(void)
  * HPET command line enable / disable
  */
 static int boot_hpet_disable;
+int hpet_force_user;
 
 static int __init hpet_setup(char* str)
 {
         if (str) {
                 if (!strncmp("disable", str, 7))
                         boot_hpet_disable = 1;
+                if (!strncmp("force", str, 5))
+                        hpet_force_user = 1;
         }
         return 1;
 }
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ static int hpet_clocksource_register(void)
          *
          * hpet period is in femto seconds per cycle
          * so we need to convert this to ns/cyc units
-         * aproximated by mult/2^shift
+         * approximated by mult/2^shift
          *
          *  fsec/cyc * 1nsec/1000000fsec = nsec/cyc = mult/2^shift
          *  fsec/cyc * 1ns/1000000fsec * 2^shift = mult