linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.29-rc6

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Date:	Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:06:36 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jesper Krogh <jesper@...gh.cc>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.29-rc6


* Jesper Krogh <jesper@...gh.cc> wrote:

> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Jesper Krogh wrote:
>>> you were right. It works. No resets so far.
>>
>> Goodie.
>>
>> Here's a slightly cleaned-up patch that removes the debug messages, and 
>> also re-organizes the code a bit so that it actually uses the "better 
>> than 500 ppm" as the way to decide when to stop calibrating.
>
> Can we ship:
> commit a6a80e1d8cf82b46a69f88e659da02749231eb36
> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date:   Tue Mar 17 07:58:26 2009 -0700
>
>     Fix potential fast PIT TSC calibration startup glitch
>
> and
> commit 9e8912e04e612b43897b4b722205408b92f423e5
> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date:   Tue Mar 17 08:13:17 2009 -0700
>
>     Fast TSC calibration: calculate proper frequency error bounds
>
>
> to the 2.6.28-stable series..  The first one needed to apply the second.

Yes, would be nice to have these fixes in .28.9.

	Ingo
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