From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>,
Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Convert alpha to use clocksource
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:32:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BA23974.5030503@twiddle.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1268877702-2236-1-git-send-email-johnstul@us.ibm.com>
On 03/17/2010 07:01 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> Alpha has a tsc like rpcc counter that it uses to manage time.
> This can be converted to an actual clocksource instead of utilizing
> the arch_gettimeoffset method that is really only there for legacy
> systems with no continuous counter.
With 8 seconds or less between roll-overs, do you actually consider
this a continuous counter? I don't. I suggest this be left alone.
r~
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-18 14:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-18 2:01 [RFC][PATCH] Convert alpha to use clocksource John Stultz
2010-03-18 14:32 ` Richard Henderson [this message]
2010-03-18 17:55 ` john stultz
2010-03-18 21:40 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2010-03-18 22:19 ` john stultz
2010-03-19 10:07 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2010-03-19 16:47 ` Matt Turner
2010-03-19 17:13 ` Richard Henderson
2010-03-22 11:17 ` Johannes Weiner
2010-03-22 14:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
2010-03-22 16:41 ` Johannes Weiner
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