Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 5

Kyle Moffett
2005-08-08T01:20:54Z

On Aug 7, 2005, at 19:51:25, Con Kolivas wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 02:58, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:
>> Con,
>> I am afraid until SMP correctness is resolved, then this is not
>> in a position to go in (unless you want to enable it only for UP,
>> which
>> I think should not be our target). I am working on making this work
>> correctly on SMP systems. Hopefully I will post a patch soon.
>
> Great! I wasn't sure what time frame you meant when you last
> posted. I won't
> do anything more, leaving this patch as it is, and pass the baton
> to you.

I'm curious what has happened to the PPC side of the patch. IIRC,
someone
was working on such a port, but it seems to have been lost along the way
at some point. Is there any additional information on that patch?

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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