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* [RFC 0/4] Using HPET in MSI mode and setting up per CPU HPET timers
@ 2008-09-06  1:02 venkatesh.pallipadi
  2008-09-06  1:02 ` [RFC 1/4] x86: HPET_MSI change IRQ affinity in process context when it is disabled venkatesh.pallipadi
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From: venkatesh.pallipadi @ 2008-09-06  1:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mingo, tglx, hpa; +Cc: linux-kernel, shaohua.li


Patchset that uses HPET timers in MSI mode (when supported) and sets up per
CPU HPET timers. This removes the dependency on IRQ0 timer broadcast with LAPIC
stopping in deep C-state, on platforms that support HPET MSI mode.

On my test system with dual core CPU, the number of timer related interrupts
(HPET_MSI + IRQ0 + LAPIC) comes down from 180 to 95 over a period of 10s,
with these patches.
This is on an idle system with tickless enabled and when system is idle.

Patches against tip.

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2008-09-06  1:02 [RFC 0/4] Using HPET in MSI mode and setting up per CPU HPET timers venkatesh.pallipadi
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2008-09-06  1:02 ` [RFC 2/4] x86: HPET_MSI Refactor code in preparation for HPET_MSI venkatesh.pallipadi
2008-09-06  1:02 ` [RFC 3/4] x86: HPET_MSI Basic HPET_MSI setup code venkatesh.pallipadi
2008-09-06  1:02 ` [RFC 4/4] x86: HPET_MSI Initialise per-cpu HPET timers venkatesh.pallipadi
2008-09-06 12:42 ` [RFC 0/4] Using HPET in MSI mode and setting up per CPU " Ingo Molnar
2008-09-06 13:03   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-08 17:18     ` Venki Pallipadi
2008-09-08 17:55       ` Ingo Molnar

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