Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 03:32:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 03:32:07 -0400 Received: from d12lmsgate-3.de.ibm.com ([195.212.91.201]:12184 "EHLO d12lmsgate-3.de.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 03:32:03 -0400 From: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com X-Lotus-FromDomain: IBMDE To: Alan Cox cc: mbs@mc.com (Mark Salisbury), jdike@karaya.com (Jeff Dike), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:29:57 +0200 Subject: Re: No 100 HZ timer ! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Its worth doing even on the ancient x86 boards with the PIT. It does require >some driver changes since > > > while(time_before(jiffies, we_explode)) > poll_things(); > >no longer works On S/390 we have a big advantage here. Driver code of this kind does not exist. That makes it a lot easier for us compared to other architectures. As I said in the original posting, the patch I have is working fine for S/390. blue skies, Martin Linux/390 Design & Development, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH Sch?naicherstr. 220, D-71032 B?blingen, Telefon: 49 - (0)7031 - 16-2247 E-Mail: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/