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From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
To: akpm@osdl.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] -mm: clocksource: update kernel parameters
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:54:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061006185457.619680000@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20061006185439.667702000@mvista.com

[-- Attachment #1: add_some_new_clocksource_params.patch --]
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Documents two new kernel parameters,

timeofday_clocksource
sched_clocksource

Removed old ones,

clocksource
clock

Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>

---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   17 +++++++----------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.18/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-2.6.18/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -351,13 +351,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 			Value can be changed at runtime via
 				/selinux/checkreqprot.
 
-	clock=		[BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
-			[Deprecated]
-			Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used
-			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
-			clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
-			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
-
 	disable_8254_timer
 	enable_8254_timer
 			[IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing
@@ -1647,9 +1640,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 
 	time		Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
 
-	clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
-			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
-			with the name specified.
+	timeofday_clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME]
+			Override the default time of day clocksource and use
+			the clocksource with the name specified.
+
+	sched_clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME]
+			Override the default scheduler clocksource. Used for
+			timing only inside the scheduler.
 
 	tipar.timeout=	[HW,PPT]
 			Set communications timeout in tenths of a second

--


  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-06 18:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-06 18:54 [PATCH 00/10] -mm: generic clocksource API -v2 Daniel Walker
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 01/10] -mm: clocksource: increase initcall priority Daniel Walker
2006-10-07 15:40   ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2006-10-07 16:51     ` Daniel Walker
2006-10-07 18:00       ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2006-10-07 18:41         ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2006-10-07 18:44           ` Daniel Walker
2006-10-07 19:19             ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2006-10-09 18:50   ` john stultz
2006-10-09 19:24     ` Daniel Walker
2006-10-09 19:49       ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 02/10] -mm: clocksource: small cleanup Daniel Walker
2006-10-09 18:51   ` john stultz
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 03/10] -mm: clocksource: move old API calls Daniel Walker
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 04/10] -mm: clocksource: add some new " Daniel Walker
2006-10-09 19:01   ` john stultz
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 05/10] -mm: clocksource: convert generic timeofday Daniel Walker
2006-10-07 23:04   ` Oleg Verych
2006-10-09 19:39   ` john stultz
2006-10-09 20:19     ` Daniel Walker
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 06/10] -mm: clocksource: add block notifier Daniel Walker
2006-10-09 19:45   ` john stultz
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 07/10] -mm: clocksource: remove update_callback Daniel Walker
2006-10-09 19:56   ` john stultz
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 08/10] -mm: clocksource: initialize list value Daniel Walker
2006-10-09 19:59   ` john stultz
2006-10-06 18:54 ` [PATCH 09/10] -mm: clocksource: add generic sched_clock() Daniel Walker
2006-10-06 18:54 ` Daniel Walker [this message]
2006-10-07  1:53 ` [PATCH 00/10] -mm: generic clocksource API -v2 Andrew Morton
2006-10-07  3:10   ` Daniel Walker

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