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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:41:13 +0100 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Wink Saville <wink@...ille.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Subject: Re: [patch] x86: unify/rewrite SMP TSC sync code > Actually, we need to ask the CPU/System makers to provide a system wide > timer that is independent of the given CPU. I would expect it quite simple they exist. They're called pmtimer and hpet. pmtimer is port io. hpet is memory mapped io. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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