From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joao Martins Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] x86/time: implement tsc as clocksource Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:23:40 +0100 Message-ID: <57E10E2C.6020007@oracle.com> References: <1473874670-4986-1-git-send-email-joao.m.martins@oracle.com> <1473874670-4986-3-git-send-email-joao.m.martins@oracle.com> <57DFD678020000780010FEAF@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <57E00E18.8050405@oracle.com> <57E02D85020000780011040B@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <57E0265E.80006@oracle.com> <57E0FDB1020000780011072B@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <57E10C38.1090203@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta6.messagelabs.com ([193.109.254.103]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bmIBg-0004ba-Sj for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:22:04 +0000 In-Reply-To: <57E10C38.1090203@oracle.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: 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