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

Con Kolivas
2005-08-08T01:36:14Z

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:20 am, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> 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?

Tony said he had it lying around somewhere and needed to find time to dust it
off and get it up to speed.

Cheers,
Con