From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51256DDE05 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:34:47 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Tickless Hz/hrtimers/etc. on PowerPC From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Matt Sealey In-Reply-To: <46968960.6090402@genesi-usa.com> References: <46951C1A.4080001@genesi-usa.com> <8302.1184178785@neuling.org> <46955674.9090304@genesi-usa.com> <29941.1184255383@neuling.org> <46968960.6090402@genesi-usa.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:34:34 +1000 Message-Id: <1184315674.6059.212.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: ppc-dev , Michael Neuling List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 21:04 +0100, Matt Sealey wrote: > We already have some ~20 for Efika support on top of 2.6.22 including > minor bugfixes and stuff, and the Gentoo genpatches stuff. I really > want > to get a good start on CFS, hrtimers, dynticks and so on though and > see > if we can push it to users and get out some decent testing and bug > reports. I think it will help everyone if it is not just a feature > which > hits mainline after 6 months through supposed maturity (when a lack of > bug reports may well also be down to lack of interest). Why haven't you submited those patches ? The merge window for 2.6.23 is open _now_ Ben