Re: [Linux-ia64] itc sync & clock_*

David Mosberger
2001-10-29T18:52:08Z

>>>>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:33:37 -0600 (CST), Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> said:

Jack> I sent mail to Asit last week about this.

Yes, I know of these discussions. However, I don't think anything has
been settled yet. Some people prefer to put this info in ACPI for
example. Personally, I like the SAL approach, but the point is that
the firmware folks need to agree on something before we can start
using it.

BTW: I do not like the name "ITC_UNSYNCHRONIZED". The issue is not
synchronization (we take care of that when booting the kernel). The
issue is *drift* (and, to a secondary degree, ITC frequency).

--david