From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753399AbXCaQrk (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:47:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753386AbXCaQrk (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:47:40 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:50395 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753399AbXCaQrj (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:47:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:46:29 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Chris Wright Cc: Thomas Gleixner , john stultz , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] x86_64: enable clockevents and dynticks Message-ID: <20070331164629.GA7060@elte.hu> References: <20070331083149.997762000@sous-sol.org> <20070331092339.GA2033@elte.hu> <20070331163600.GY10574@sequoia.sous-sol.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070331163600.GY10574@sequoia.sous-sol.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.1.7 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Chris Wright wrote: > > hm, neat - did you take a look at the x86_64 clockevents code that > > is in -rt and that has been there for a year or so and has been > > tested quite extensively? > > Yes, that's what I started with. [...] ok :) > [...] It was only partially done, for example, didn't have hpet done > yet and didn't work well on my machine (hang on boot). As I dug at > it, there was still more room for cleanups, etc. Hence this, which has > also been tested somewhat extensively as Jeremy noted from my typo > above... Both NO_HZ=n _and_ NO_HZ=n ;-) good :) Ingo