From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:11:29 +0100 (BST) Received: from wf1.mips-uk.com ([194.74.144.154]:3044 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20027113AbXFFTL1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:11:27 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l56J4ZDL010964; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:04:35 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l56J4YU5010963; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:04:34 +0100 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:04:34 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Sergei Shtylyov Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Tickless/dyntick kernel, highres timer and general time crapectomy Message-ID: <20070606190434.GA10874@linux-mips.org> References: <20070606185450.GA10511@linux-mips.org> <46670559.4000907@ru.mvista.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46670559.4000907@ru.mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 15311 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:04:57PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > >Particularly Alchemy (and any other system supporting clock scaling) will > >need some work there since the cp0 count/compare timer are not useful on > >such systems. > > Hm, why it's being used then? :-) >From a looks the whole Alchemy power managment code fishy. Ralf From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wf1.mips-uk.com ([194.74.144.154]:3044 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20027113AbXFFTL1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:11:27 +0100 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:04:34 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle Subject: Re: Tickless/dyntick kernel, highres timer and general time crapectomy Message-ID: <20070606190434.GA10874@linux-mips.org> References: <20070606185450.GA10511@linux-mips.org> <46670559.4000907@ru.mvista.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46670559.4000907@ru.mvista.com> Return-Path: Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org To: Sergei Shtylyov Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Message-ID: <20070606190434.CKJpoAS7F9E6OQVDIgykHdKxBw95xReBkx4I0CznxeM@z> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:04:57PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > >Particularly Alchemy (and any other system supporting clock scaling) will > >need some work there since the cp0 count/compare timer are not useful on > >such systems. > > Hm, why it's being used then? :-)