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Message-ID: <20090805080647.GC30307@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 5 Aug 2009 10:06:47 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Tan, Wei Chong" <wei.chong.tan@...el.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Additional x86 fixes for 2.6.31-rc5


* Tan, Wei Chong <wei.chong.tan@...el.com> wrote:

> > Here's a suggested replacement - BUT NOTE THAT IT'S ENTIRELY 
> > UNTESTED!
> > 
> > (Ok, so the patch is bigger than it strictly needs to be - I 
> > hate repeating code, so I made that 'read PIT counter twice and 
> > compare MSB' be a new helper routine)
> > 
> > Hmm? What do you guys think?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are performing some test on the patch and will keep everyone 
> posted with the progress soon.

Thanks. I've zapped the original patch from x86/urgent. Linus's 
patch certainly looks feasible for .31 if it solves the problem and 
if we can merge it in the next few days.

	Ingo
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