Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add mmap method to rtc character driver

Segher Boessenkool
2006-07-25T23:27:51Z

> It's not that bad; if userspace is running, the cpu isn't idle, so
> there isn't the motivation to go tickless on that cpu. In other
> words, if every cpu has suspended ticks, then no cpu can be running
> stuff that needs to look at this page.

If I read the patch correctly, none of those legacy RTC ticks
can ever be suspended though?

Segher