linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc2-mm1 timer int 0 doesn't work

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Date:	Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:33:59 -0500
From:	Paul Fulghum <paulkf@...rogate.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc2-mm1 timer int 0 doesn't work

On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 01:38 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> It's remove-timer-fallback likely. I was working on that already.
> 
> Some boards go into the timer fallback path since 2.6.17/64bit for so 
> far unknown reasons and that doesn't work anymore because I removed the 
> fallback path.

remove-timer-fallback did not reverse cleanly against 2.6.18-rc2-mm1

I tried to patch it up and got it to compile without
errors or warnings. The result was a hard freeze early in
the boot, so I suspect more is necessary to restore that
function.

-- 
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd

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