linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: implement acpi_os_get

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Date:	Mon, 13 May 2013 14:44:32 +0300
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: implement acpi_os_get_timer() according the spec

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 01:38:46PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, May 13, 2013 01:27:51 PM Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > ACPI Timer() opcode should return monotonically increasing clock with 100ns
> > granularity. Implement this with the help of ktime_get().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> That looks reasobable.  Have you tested it?

Very lightly. Basically I added some debug printks() between two
successsive calls of Timer() and it seemed like it returned correct time.

It is certainly better than returning t+1 every time Timer() is called :)
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