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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:55:45 -0700
From: "Mark A. Greer" <mgreer@mvista.com>
To: Rune Torgersen <runet@innovsys.com>
Subject: Re: Override timer interrupt
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:39:53PM -0500, Rune Torgersen wrote:
> > From: Mark A. Greer 
> > > Is there an easy way to use something other than the decrementer for
> the
> > > timer interrupt?
> 
> > Check out the clocksource stuff.  It let's you set up numerous clock
> > sources and set the rating of each one.  You can start looking in
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c for example code.
> 
> Thanks I will. 
> Currently our board port lives in /arch/ppc (2.6.18) but I will take a
> look in powerpc.

Okay.  Just an FYI, arch/ppc will evaporate next summer.

Mark