linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] raise tsc clocksource rating

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:36:00 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, --cc@...hat.com,
	avi@...amnet.com, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] raise tsc clocksource rating


* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> > Since it's being a tendency among paravirt clocksources to use 
> > values around 400, we should declare tsc as even better: So we use 
> > 500.
> > 
> > This patch also touches the comments on clocksource.h, which 
> > suggests that 499 would be a limit on the rating values.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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