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Message-ID: <20101105174540.GA1562@arch.trippelsdorf.de>
Date:	Fri, 5 Nov 2010 18:45:40 +0100
From:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"hpa@...ux.intel.com" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Herrmann3, Andreas" <Andreas.Herrmann3@....com>,
	"heiko.carstens@...ibm.com" <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	"a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl" <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"avi@...hat.com" <avi@...hat.com>,
	"mtosatti@...hat.com" <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [bisected] Clocksource tsc unstable git

On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 05:42:25PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 05:09:19PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 11:26:54AM -0400, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > Ok, I'm waiting for Boris to get us the confirmation from HW folks.
> > 
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
> > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ u8					hpet_msi_disable;
> >  static unsigned long			hpet_num_timers;
> >  #endif
> >  static void __iomem			*hpet_virt_address;
> > +u16					hpet_min_tick = 0x80;
> 
> Wouldn't:
> 
> +u16                                  hpet_min_tick;
> 
> make more sense, if you want to use the value detected in boot.c?

Please scratch that.
-- 
Markus
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