From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753125AbVHGXxV (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:53:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753043AbVHGXxV (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:53:21 -0400 Received: from mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.188]:6615 "EHLO mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752860AbVHGXxU (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:53:20 -0400 From: Con Kolivas To: vatsa@in.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 5 Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 09:51:25 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 Cc: Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ck@vds.kolivas.org, tony@atomide.com, tuukka.tikkanen@elektrobit.com, george@mvista.com, Andrew Morton References: <200508031559.24704.kernel@kolivas.org> <200508071512.22668.kernel@kolivas.org> <20050807165833.GA13918@in.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20050807165833.GA13918@in.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508080951.26433.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 02:58, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 03:12:21PM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > > Respin of the dynamic ticks patch for i386 by Tony Lindgen and Tuukka > > Tikkanen with further code cleanups. Are were there yet? > > 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. > Will keep you posted of my progress with dynamic tick patch. 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. Cheers, Con