Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932547AbVLAXH6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:07:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932548AbVLAXH6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:07:58 -0500 Received: from fsmlabs.com ([168.103.115.128]:5266 "EHLO spamalot.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932547AbVLAXH5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:07:57 -0500 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1133478475-13729-0-0 X-Barracuda-URL: http://10.0.1.244:8000/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:13:35 -0800 (PST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Andi Kleen cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Display HPET timer option Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Display HPET timer option In-Reply-To: <20051201204339.GC997@wotan.suse.de> Message-ID: References: <20051201204339.GC997@wotan.suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=5.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.02, rules version 3.0.5772 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 952 Lines: 32 On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Andi Kleen wrote: > 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. Alright, my real intention was being able to change that by specifying seperate kernel configurations. It's not that pressing i can live with an external patch. Thanks, Zwane - 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/