linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4]: [SPARC64]: Add clocksource/clockevents support.

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Message-ID: <20070309105343.GA10687@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:53:43 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4]: [SPARC64]: Add clocksource/clockevents support.


* David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> >From 1171ef62b18d7eef093ecf961dd09b11339d53d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: David S. Miller <davem@...set.davemloft.net>
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:28:37 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] [SPARC64]: Add clocksource/clockevents support.
> 
> I'd like to thank John Stul and others for helping me along the way.
> 
> A lot of cleanups fell out of this.  For example, the get_compare() 
> tick_op was totally unused, so was deleted.  And the most often used 
> tick_op members were grouped together for cache-friendlyness.

cool stuff! It's really gratifying to see that you were able to two new 
major features on Sparc64 (CONFIG_NO_HZ and CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS) via:

>  7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 172 deletions(-)
>  4 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 230 deletions(-)

so it's in fact a net removal of code! I think this really demonstrates 
the power of unified frameworks.

	Ingo
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