linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.21-rc6] failsafe mechanism to HPET clock calibration

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Date:	Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:46:47 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>, shai@...lex86.org,
	benzi@...lex86.org, discuss@...-64.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.21-rc6] failsafe mechanism to HPET clock calibration

On Saturday 14 April 2007 01:28:20 Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:
> Provide a failsafe mechanism to avoid kernel spinning for ever at read_hpet_tsc
> during early kernel bootup.
> 
> This failsafe mechanism was introduced in 21-rc,
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=2f7a2a79c3ebb44f8b1b7d9b4fd3a650eb69e544
> 
> But looks like the hpet split from time.c lost the commit.
> 
> This patch reintroduces the failsafe mechanism

Added thanks

-Andi
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