From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: slash.tmp@free.fr (Mason) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:45:29 +0200 Subject: Guarantee udelay(N) spins at least N microseconds In-Reply-To: <20150411121049.GM12732@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20150410114415.GC12732@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <5527C501.2040808@free.fr> <20150410150607.GG12732@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <5527EC90.9050900@free.fr> <20150410160817.GH12732@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <55282C1F.3000600@free.fr> <20150410204221.GI12732@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <55283F30.7030109@free.fr> <20150411073022.GJ12732@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <55290C18.8070301@free.fr> <20150411121049.GM12732@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: <55292579.1070903@free.fr> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 11/04/2015 14:10, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > What this also means is that if you only have a 90kHz counter > available, doing DVFS is also a stupid idea. I must be missing something, because I don't see why DVFS (i.e. saving energy when the system is idle) is a stupid idea when only a 90 kHz counter is available? What's the connection?