Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932426AbVLATxl (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:53:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932430AbVLATxl (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:53:41 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:10665 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932426AbVLATxk (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:53:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:53:39 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo , Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Display HPET timer option Message-ID: <20051201195339.GA997@wotan.suse.de> References: 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: 717 Lines: 24 On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 11:50:31AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > > > Currently the HPET timer option isn't visible in menuconfig. > > Do you want it to? > > Why would you ever compile it out? I don't see any reason for it neither. It would probably only cause problems because such an option would inevitably bitrot regularly. Also the HPET code in x86-64 isn't even ifdefed right now, so you can't do that. -Andi - 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/