Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264530AbUF0Wlf (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:41:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264526AbUF0Wlb (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:41:31 -0400 Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.102]:4276 "EHLO pimout3-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264524AbUF0Wla (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:41:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:41:15 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Matthias Urlichs Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite Message-ID: <20040627224115.GA22532@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <1088266111.1943.15.camel@mulgrave> <20040626221802.GA12296@taniwha.stupidest.org> <1088290477.3790.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040627000541.GA13325@taniwha.stupidest.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 683 Lines: 23 On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 02:00:03PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > > #define jiffies __get_jiffies() > > Well, I have that but it's only part of the story. The real issue seems to be that a suitable clean API for drivers to use rather than intenral knowledge of jiffies is lacking. As Alan pointed out a suitable API could also make it easier to work towards a clock-less system for embedded targets. --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/