Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3]i386,x86-64 Handle missing local APIC timer interrupts on C3 state

Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-12-09T18:22:12Z

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 09:35:36AM -0800, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > > +void switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer(void *cpumask);
> > > Called by acpi processor driver again to reset to APIC_timer when C3 is not
> > > supported by the CPU.
> >
> > Well i was more curious as to where in the patchset the
> > switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer is used;
> >
> > zwane@montezuma linux-2.6-hg-x86_64 {0:1} grep switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer /tmp/patch[1234]
> > /tmp/patch2:+void switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer(void *cpumask);
> > /tmp/patch2:+void switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer(void *cpumask)
> > /tmp/patch2:+EXPORT_SYMBOL(switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer);
> > /tmp/patch4:+void switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer(void *cpumask)
> > /tmp/patch4:+EXPORT_SYMBOL(switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer);
> > /tmp/patch4:+void switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer(void *cpumask);
> >
> > Or will it only be used in future?
> >
>
> That calls for updated patch 2/3 (That was a typo on my original patch :()

Thanks Venki, i'll have a look at the rest too.