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From: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines.
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:05:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080820140536.GS21330@tekkaman> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080820134849.GB20648@elte.hu>

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 03:48:49PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> well, i didnt suggest you kill that aspect of the patchset - i suggested 

I see, but I agree with Alan that is better to get a first working
inclusion and then working on improments. 8)

> you change it to hook into kernel/irq/*.c instead of 
> arch/x86/kernel/irq*.c.
> 
> That way all other architectures will benefit from it, not just x86. 
> Doing an x86-only thing for such features is completely unacceptable.

I see but doing like this I can record IRQs timestamps sooner than in
kernel/irq/*.c, is that right? PPS precision is as better as sooner we
record the timestamps.

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-20 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-19 21:50 LinuxPPS (RESUBMIT 6): the PPS Linux implementation Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50 ` [PATCH 01/10] LinuxPPS core support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50   ` [PATCH 02/10] PPS: userland header file for PPS API Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50     ` [PATCH 03/10] PPS: documentation programs and examples Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50       ` [PATCH 04/10] PPS: LinuxPPS clients support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50         ` [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50           ` [PATCH 06/10] ldisc n_tty: export all N_TTY ldisc methods Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50             ` [PATCH 07/10] tty: new PPS line discipline Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50               ` [PATCH 08/10] PPS: serial clients support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50                 ` [PATCH 09/10] PPS: low level IRQ timestamps recording Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 21:50                   ` [PATCH 10/10] PPS: parallel port clients support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 10:31                   ` [PATCH 09/10] PPS: low level IRQ timestamps recording Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19 21:56                 ` [PATCH 08/10] PPS: serial clients support Alan Cox
2008-08-19 21:54               ` [PATCH 07/10] tty: new PPS line discipline Alan Cox
2008-08-19 21:58             ` [PATCH 06/10] ldisc n_tty: export all N_TTY ldisc methods Alan Cox
2008-08-19 21:53           ` [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines Alan Cox
2008-08-19 22:49             ` Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-19 22:38               ` Alan Cox
2008-08-19 23:05                 ` Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20  8:53                   ` Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 10:11                     ` Alan Cox
2008-08-20 13:01                       ` Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 13:48                         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-20 14:05                           ` Rodolfo Giometti [this message]
2008-08-19 23:22   ` [PATCH 01/10] LinuxPPS core support H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-20  9:13     ` Rodolfo Giometti
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-08-20 13:16 LinuxPPS (RESUBMIT 7): the PPS Linux implementation Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 13:16 ` [PATCH 01/10] LinuxPPS core support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 13:16   ` [PATCH 02/10] PPS: userland header file for PPS API Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 13:16     ` [PATCH 03/10] PPS: documentation programs and examples Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 13:16       ` [PATCH 04/10] PPS: LinuxPPS clients support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-08-20 13:16         ` [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines Rodolfo Giometti
2008-09-10  7:52 LinuxPPS (RESUBMIT 7): the PPS Linux implementation Rodolfo Giometti
2008-09-10  7:52 ` [PATCH 01/10] LinuxPPS core support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-09-10  7:52   ` [PATCH 02/10] PPS: userland header file for PPS API Rodolfo Giometti
2008-09-10  7:52     ` [PATCH 03/10] PPS: documentation programs and examples Rodolfo Giometti
2008-09-10  7:52       ` [PATCH 04/10] PPS: LinuxPPS clients support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-09-10  7:52         ` [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines Rodolfo Giometti
2008-10-02  7:41 LinuxPPS (RESUBMIT 7): the PPS Linux implementation Rodolfo Giometti
2008-10-02  7:41 ` [PATCH 01/10] LinuxPPS core support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-10-02  7:41   ` [PATCH 02/10] PPS: userland header file for PPS API Rodolfo Giometti
2008-10-02  7:41     ` [PATCH 03/10] PPS: documentation programs and examples Rodolfo Giometti
2008-10-02  7:41       ` [PATCH 04/10] PPS: LinuxPPS clients support Rodolfo Giometti
2008-10-02  7:41         ` [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines Rodolfo Giometti
2008-10-02 15:25           ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-10-02 15:58             ` Alan Cox

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