linux-kernel - Re: clockevent questions

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 00:10:14 +0200
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Francis Moreau <francis.moro@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: clockevent questions

Francis,

On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 10:47 +0200, Francis Moreau wrote:
> My question is about the clock resolution field which is equal to 1ns.
> How is this possible since my timer's frequency is only 100Mhz ?

you are right. It is a bit strange. The resolution info is not really
reflecting the clock event source capability. I look if there is a sane
solution for that.

	tglx


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