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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com,
	lethal@linux-sh.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: add enable() and disable() callbacks
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:08:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081211190821.9f4b5a5c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081211114909.17624.85712.sendpatchset@rx1.opensource.se>

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:49:09 +0900 Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
> 
> Add enable() and disable() callbacks for clocksources. This allows
> us to put unused clocksources in power save mode. The functions
> clocksource_enable() and clocksource_disable() wrap the callbacks
> and are inserted in the timekeeping code to enable before use and
> disable after switching to a new clocksource.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  Same as before, but applies on top of the new read() patch.

I asusme we'll be seeing some patches which _use_ these changes?

  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-12  3:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-11 11:49 [PATCH] clocksource: add enable() and disable() callbacks Magnus Damm
2008-12-12  3:08 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-12-12  3:34   ` Magnus Damm
2008-12-12  6:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-12-12  7:18   ` Magnus Damm

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