Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262038AbVATEDL (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:03:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262040AbVATEDL (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:03:11 -0500 Received: from fsmlabs.com ([168.103.115.128]:42657 "EHLO fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262038AbVATEDI (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:03:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:02:24 -0700 (MST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Tony Lindgren cc: Pavel Machek , George Anzinger , john stultz , Andrea Arcangeli , Con Kolivas , Martin Schwidefsky , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] dynamic tick patch In-Reply-To: <20050119000556.GB14749@atomide.com> Message-ID: References: <20050119000556.GB14749@atomide.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 898 Lines: 28 On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Tony Lindgren wrote: > Hi all, > > Attached is the dynamic tick patch for x86 to play with > as I promised in few threads earlier on this list.[1][2] > > The dynamic tick patch does following: > > - Separates timer interrupts from updating system time > > - Allows updating time from other interrupts in addition > to timer interrupt > > - Makes timer tick dynamic > > - Allows power management modules to take advantage of the > idle time inbetween skipped ticks > > - Might help with the whistling caps? This doesn't seem to cover the local APIC timer, what do you do about the 1kHz tick which it's programmed to do? - 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/