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

Mallick, Asit K
2001-11-09T01:31:47Z

David/Jesse,

We have got an agreement with the Intel SAL team on defining the bit 3 of
the SAL platform features as the following:

0 - no ITC drift
1 - ITC may drift

We will get this definition reviewed by other SAL users/members and do not
expect any problem with the review. The definition should not affect most of
the FWs since this bit is already set to 0 and ITCs do not drift. The
specification will be updated and currently it is planned for Q1 next year.

Thanks,
Asit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Barnes [mailto:jbarnes@sgi.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 5:03 PM
> To: David Mosberger
> Cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
> Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] itc sync & clock_*
>
>
> Yeah, sounds good. I'm not sure about the name too, hopefully the
> firmware folks will come up with something better.
> ITC_MAY_DRIFT seems a
> little clunky...
>
> Jesse
>
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, David Mosberger wrote:
>
> > >>>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:41:58 -0800, Jesse Barnes
> <jbarnes@sgi.com> said:
> >
> > Jesse> Here's a patch against 2.4.13+ia64 to export the
> sal platform
> > Jesse> features to a directory in /proc. Please let me
> know if it's
> > Jesse> ok; I'll start working on the clock driver if it is.
> >
> > Looks great to me! I'll hold off with applying the patch until the
> > firmware interface has been finalized, if that's all right with you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --david
> >
>
>
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