linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/10] Vmi timer update.patch

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Message-ID: <461C0CB4.9000407@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:16:20 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
CC:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dan Hecht <dhecht@...are.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/10] Vmi timer update.patch

Zachary Amsden wrote:
>        /*
>         * Avoid unnecessary state transitions, as it confuses
>         * Geode / Cyrix based boxen.
>         */
>        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN:
>                if (evt->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED)
>                        break;
>        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED:
>                if (evt->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN)
>                        break;
>        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT:
>                /* One shot setup */
>                outb_p(0x38, PIT_MODE);
>
> So switching from PIT to VMI does not disable PIT timer interrupts. 
> Thus I have to keep this part of the patch.

Why not submit a patch to do what you need here?  (The Geode comment is
a bit worrying though.)

    J
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