From: "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
To: "David Marchand" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
"Bruce Richardson" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 3/3] build: deprecate HPET build option
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 14:41:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35F658DA@smartserver.smartshare.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8x5_JihAXe_bruriVu01b5wmF4fJ7vD42yFfNwpJQwDtQ@mail.gmail.com>
> On the other hand, did you consider dropping HPET altogether?
Google AI says that - on modern CPUs - the HPET has no advantages over the TSC.
This supports David's idea.
Suggestion:
Rewrite HPET APIs as a shim to TSC, and deprecate the HPET APIs.
-Morten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-02 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-02 9:08 [RFC PATCH 0/3] remove unneeded build options Bruce Richardson
2026-06-02 9:08 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] build: deprecate kernel dir option Bruce Richardson
2026-06-02 9:24 ` Morten Brørup
2026-06-02 9:08 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] build: deprecate standalone tests option Bruce Richardson
2026-06-02 9:26 ` Morten Brørup
2026-06-02 9:08 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] build: deprecate HPET build option Bruce Richardson
2026-06-02 10:47 ` Morten Brørup
2026-06-02 11:39 ` David Marchand
2026-06-02 12:37 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-06-02 12:41 ` Morten Brørup [this message]
2026-06-02 12:27 ` Bruce Richardson
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