linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] x86_64: enable clockevents and dynticks

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Date:	Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:22:11 +0200
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] x86_64: enable clockevents and dynticks

On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 01:31 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> This series converts x86_64 timers to clockevents drivers
> and then enables dynticks.  There's some minor cleanups along
> the way.  The lapic broadcast mechanism is untested, I'm sure it
> still needs work, there's still some cruft in lapic_setup_timer.
> 
> This is just for comments at this point, now that it's working
> on my test box in both NO_HZ=n and NO_HZ=n configurations (typically
> using hpet).

Have you checked, if we could share the code between i386 and x86_64 at
least for PIT and HPET. I'm not sure about the local APIC, but I think
it might be doable as well.

	tglx


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