linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm][Take 2] clocksource init adjustments (fix bug #7426)

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Date:	Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:25:35 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	andreas.friedrich@...itsu-siemens.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm][Take 2] clocksource init adjustments (fix bug
	#7426)

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 15:24 -0800, john stultz wrote:

> Thus the solution here is to register clocksources earlier (ideally when
> the hardware is being initialized), and then we enable clocksource
> selection at fs_initcall (before device_initcall).
> 

When I was doing this in my tree I found that registering clocksources
earlier would always break dynamic tick .. If dynamic tick switches
itself on during boot up then it usually hangs the system .. Did you
test this patch with that option enabled? (I haven't had a chance too..)

Daniel

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