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To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: Regression in 2.6.27 caused by commit bfc0f59
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> writes:
>
> The whole ACPI code relies pretty much on PM_TIMER and as I said

The Linux ACPI code does not rely on PM_TIMER in any special ways AFAIK 
(except that it occasionally uses standard linux timer functions)
It merely discovers it for use by the other pmtimer users.

-Andi
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