From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Winchell Subject: Re: (progress on hpet accuracy) and Re: [PATCH] Add a timer mode that disables pending missed ticks Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:49:01 -0500 Message-ID: <47C434ED.4090907@virtualiron.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Keir Fraser Cc: "dan.magenheimer@oracle.com" , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , Deepak Patel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Keir Fraser wrote: >On 26/2/08 14:45, "Dave Winchell" wrote: > > > >>>If this is an integration of hpet into the vpt.c infrastructure then that >>>would be very welcome. >>> >>> >>> >>So far it is not, however I may head in that direction. >>Last night's test had an error of .065% on one guest so I still have some >>work to do. >> >> > >Then I hope that the accuracy improvements have come from a set of changes >whose effects are both explicable and generally for the good (rather than >artefacts of how a particular sub-point release of Linux drives the HPET). > > I believe that my changes meet these requirements. Your suggestion to layer on vpt.c is a good one that I will pursue. - Dave > -- Keir > > > >