linux-kernel - Re: [patch] make pit clocksource continuous

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Message-Id: <1179013133.27889.25.camel@imap.mvista.com>
Date:	Sat, 12 May 2007 16:38:53 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] make pit clocksource continuous

On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 03:18 +0400, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Without the attached patch, I wasn't able
> to get the PIT to work as a clocksource for
> high-res timers.
> I don't know whether the patch is correct,
> but I tested it and it works.
> Can someone please tell me what exactly
> does this flag mean? google reveals nothing
> sensible to me, sorry...
> 
> ---
> Set CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS flag for the PIT clocksource

The flag means that the clock doesn't have any help from interrupts to
extend it's precision. In the case of the PIT clocksource it does in
fact use an interrupt (the timer I think) to get a higher precision. It
would be wrong to add the flag in this case.. 

Daniel

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