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-rw-r--r--sys/x86/isa/clock.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys/x86/isa/clock.c b/sys/x86/isa/clock.c
index 6c69759..232c913 100644
--- a/sys/x86/isa/clock.c
+++ b/sys/x86/isa/clock.c
@@ -478,9 +478,10 @@ i8254_restore(void)
*
* This function is called from pmtimer_resume() to restore all the timers.
* This should not be necessary, but there are broken laptops that do not
- * restore all the timers on resume.
- * As long as pmtimer is not part of amd64 suport, skip this for the amd64
- * case.
+ * restore all the timers on resume. The APM spec was at best vague on the
+ * subject.
+ * pmtimer is used only with the old APM power management, and not with
+ * acpi, which is required for amd64, so skip it in that case.
*/
void
timer_restore(void)
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