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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lguest-fix-divide-error-implement-sched_clock
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:15:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4665D270.2020301@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200706051837.22847.ak@suse.de>

Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> I don't think it's a good idea for the TSC. There are various
> setups where it is unreliable and also often simulators don't 
> implement it correctly. And it's always a valuable workaround
> to be able to turn it off.
> 

For all I can tell, if this is the case, then CONFIG_X86_TSC should be
removed completely.  We still support the TSC when CONFIG_X86_TSC is not
compiled in; that attribute controls if it is unconditionally required.

(We seem to still not always use it, which may be a good indication that
CONFIG_X86_TSC has outlived its usefulness.  Should it be removed?)

	-hpa

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-05 21:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-22 22:38 lguest broken in 2.6.22-rc1-mm1 Matt Mackall
2007-05-22 23:27 ` Rusty Russell
2007-06-04 17:19   ` lguest rebroken in 2.6.22-rc3-mm1 Matt Mackall
2007-06-04 17:28     ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-04 17:46       ` Matt Mackall
2007-06-04 18:12       ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-05  2:48         ` Rusty Russell
2007-06-05 10:01           ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-05 13:11             ` [PATCH] lguest-fix-divide-error-implement-sched_clock Rusty Russell
2007-06-05 14:24               ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-05 16:07                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-05 16:16                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-05 16:37                     ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-05 17:02                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-05 18:43                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-05 18:51                         ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-05 21:15                       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-06-05 21:31                         ` Andi Kleen

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