linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] timekeeping: drop irq-context clocksource polling

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Date:	Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:02:42 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, johnstul@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] timekeeping: drop irq-context clocksource polling

On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 10:33 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> Oh well, this is a leftover from the days where we tried to use TSC
> despite of frequency changes. It still modifies the scale factor of the
> tsc clocksource. 
> 
> I agree that it can be removed as we switch off TSC anyway in that case.

That's what I was thinking .. However, I wanted to wait for John to
comment on it also ..

Dainel

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