Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267239AbUF0AFs (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:05:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267240AbUF0AFs (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:05:48 -0400 Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.102]:30379 "EHLO pimout3-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267239AbUF0AFr (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:05:47 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:05:41 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Alan Cox Cc: Linus Torvalds , James Bottomley , Andrew Morton , Paul Jackson , Linux Kernel Mailing List , PARISC list Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite Message-ID: <20040627000541.GA13325@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <1088266111.1943.15.camel@mulgrave> <20040626221802.GA12296@taniwha.stupidest.org> <1088290477.3790.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1088290477.3790.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 661 Lines: 18 On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:54:38PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > For most uses jiffies should die. If drivers could not access jiffies > except by a (possibly trivial) helper then it would be a huge step > closer to being able to run embedded linux without a continually running > timer. I'm all for that, except last I counted there are about 5000 users of jiffies. What do you suggest as a replacement API? --cw - 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/