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Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:44:26 -0400
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
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       Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86 BIOS interface for RTC on SGI UV
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Russ Anderson wrote:
> [patch] x86 BIOS interface for RTC on SGI UV
> 
> Real-time code needs to know the number of cycles per second
> on SGI UV.  The information is provided via a run time BIOS
> call.  This patch provides the linux side of that interface.
> This is the first of several run time BIOS calls to be defined
> in uv/bios.h and bios_uv.c.
> 
> Note that BIOS_CALL() is just a stub for now.  The bios 
> side is being worked on.
> 

Do you have a proposed specification that could be reviewed before it is 
cast in stone?

	-hpa