Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932456AbVLAUnt (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:43:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751724AbVLAUnt (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:43:49 -0500 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:27303 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751721AbVLAUnt (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:43:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 21:43:39 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Zwane Mwaikambo Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Display HPET timer option Message-ID: <20051201204339.GC997@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: 705 Lines: 24 On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:30:03PM -0800, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, 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? > > For timer testing purposes i sometimes would like not to use the HPET. > Would a runtime switch be preferred? nohpet already exists. -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/