From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750799AbVHQCJp (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:09:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750800AbVHQCJp (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:09:45 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:17080 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750799AbVHQCJo (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:09:44 -0400 Subject: Re: [rfc][patch] API for timer hooks From: Lee Revell To: Stas Sergeev Cc: john stultz , Linux kernel In-Reply-To: <43024ADA.8030508@aknet.ru> References: <42FDF744.2070205@aknet.ru> <1124126354.8630.3.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <43024ADA.8030508@aknet.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:09:39 -0400 Message-Id: <1124244580.30036.5.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 00:21 +0400, Stas Sergeev wrote: > 1. It needs the higher interrupt frequency. > Since there seem to be no API to change > the timer frequency at runtime, the driver > does this itself. Now I have googled out > the thread Wow, your driver implements bass and treble controls by varying the frequency of the timer interrupt. That's a neat hack, but I'd expect it to raise a few eyebrows if it's submitted for mainline... Lee