linux-kernel - Re: + paravirt-vmi-timer-patches.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-Id: <1168116057.26086.227.camel@imap.mvista.com>
Date:	Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:40:57 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ak@...e.de, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	jeremy@...source.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: + paravirt-vmi-timer-patches.patch added to -mm tree

On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 12:37 -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote:

> >
> > There is already a dynamic tick (NO_HZ) system in the -mm tree .. Given
> > that this implementation seems unnecessary. Why do you need another
> > different system to do this?
> >   
> 
> We don't.  This was written before the dynamic tick code, and now they 
> need to be merged.  Until then, they can safely coexist.

So really this can't go upstream till that merge happens. What's
preventing you from just directly using NO_HZ without changes?

Daniel  

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