Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

Andi Kleen
2005-07-15T18:01:41Z

> That's like scratching your left ear with your right hand -- broadcasting
> that external timer interrupt in the first place is more straightforward.
> If you want to exclude CPUs from the list of receivers, just use the
> logical destination mode appropriately.

The problem with that is that it would need regular synchronizations
of all CPUs to coordinate this. Not good for scalability and I
believe the fundamentally wrong way to do this.

-Andi