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Message-Id: <1248887832.6046.5.camel@desktop> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:17:12 -0700 From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com> To: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com> Subject: Re: [RFC][patch 00/12] clocksource / timekeeping rework V2 On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 19:09 +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:02:21 -0600 > dwalker@...o99.com wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 18:50 +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > > > > > void clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating) > > > > > the two functions do different things. What exactly is the idea you've > > > got in mind? > > > > It's only the case when the rating goes to zero .. That makes the > > clocksource unusable, which is very much like unregistering it.. > > True, the clocksource code won't pick the clock any more as long as > there is an alternative clock available. It still shows up in the list > of clocks though and you can do an override with it. I'm not sure allowing that type of override a good idea tho .. I don't think it's considered a usable clock when the rating goes to zero. Daniel -- 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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