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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:39:00 -0400 From: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com> To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> CC: Jeff Hansen <x@...fhansen.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: x86_32 tsc/pit and hrtimers Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Jeff Hansen wrote: > >> [HRTIMER]: Add highres=noverify option to bypass clocksource verification >> >> This disregards the CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY flag on all clocksources. >> This is particularly useful on legacy x86_32 systems that have no ACPI, >> LAPIC, or HPET timers, where only TSC and PIT are available. > > While I agree in principle, adding this to highres is the wrong thing > to do. This is a property of clocksources and not of high resolution > timer support. > > The affected clocksource is TSC and it should go there as a command > line option e.g. tsc=stable, which in turn clears the > CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY flag in the tsc clocksource. > > Thanks, > > tglx Fair enough, but do you think it's worthwhile to have an option to disable CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY checking for all timers, or should we implement this on a case-by-case basis when there's legitimate cause, like with TSC? -- Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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