From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, m_lachwani@yahoo.com,
creideiki+linux-mips@ferretporn.se
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix clocksource parameter for low frequency timer.
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:57:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061027155757.GA10343@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061026.230937.41197595.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:09:37PM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> The current shift value in clocksource was not suitable for low
> frequency timer. Find the shift value in runtime to avoid undesirable
> overflow. Also calculate a somewhat reasonable rating value based on
> its frequency.
Looks fine to me and even Thomas Gleixner loves the idea of having code
to find the factor automatically, so it may become generic code after
2.6.19.
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-27 22:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-26 14:09 [PATCH] fix clocksource parameter for low frequency timer Atsushi Nemoto
2006-10-27 15:57 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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