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Subject: Re: hrtimers in powerpc arch?
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Xiaogeng Jin <xiaogeng.jin@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 17:16 -0800, Xiaogeng Jin wrote:
> Is hrtimers supported in the powerpc arch and used in embedded powerpc
> drivers? I greped ktime_t and hrtimer_start() under arch/powerpc and
> found not two many calls. Does it indicate the powerpc world doesn't
> use hrtimers? 

They are there and should work just fine. Why would we "use" them from
arch code ?

Cheers,
Ben.