linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

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Date:	Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:55:39 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 20:07 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 10:45 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > > > -rt tree also .. I haven't done a bisect , but I'm assuming this is HRT
> > > > related ..
> > > 
> > > And why should it increment ? Is there a rule that it has to ?
> > 
> > I don't know .. I would imagine some users might look at it and wonder
> > why there timer isn't ticking (I know it actually is ticking , but they
> > don't), when it has is every other kernel. 
> 
> What kind of artificial problem are you creating here ?

I'm not trying to create anything .. However, as I said before
the /proc/interrupts "timer" entry doesn't work the same as it has in
other kernels.

If you think that isn't a problem then explain why ..

> > We could just remove the timer entry .
> 
> No we can't. The timer interrupt is setup and it does not go away, as we
> keep the PIT as a backup for the broken lapics.

Ok, how about adding the interrupts to the list which are driving the
timer ?

Daniel

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