Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:22:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:22:25 -0500 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([12.44.186.158]:33784 "EHLO hermes.mvista.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:22:15 -0500 Message-ID: <3BEC109C.1EEDBA71@mvista.com> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 09:21:32 -0800 From: george anzinger Organization: Monta Vista Software X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12-20b i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Vojtech Pavlik , Jonas Diemer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VIA 686 timer bugfix incomplete In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------96F33AAE31F6E567844CB6EB" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------96F33AAE31F6E567844CB6EB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alan Cox wrote: > > > Me thinks the real solution is the ACPI pm timer. 3 times the > > resolution of the PIT and you can not stop it. The high-res-timers > > patch will allow you to use this as the time keeper and just use the PIT > > to generate interrupts. > > For awkward boxes you can use the PIT, for good boxes we can use rdtsc or > eventually the ACPI timers when running with ACPI I am attempting to use the ACPI timer without waiting for or running ACPI. After all it is there if you can find it. George --------------96F33AAE31F6E567844CB6EB Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="george.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for george anzinger Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="george.vcf" begin:vcard n:Anzinger;George x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:MontaVista Software adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:george@mvista.com note;quoted-printable: http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers=0D=0A http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtsched/ x-mozilla-cpt:;16704 fn:George Anzinger end:vcard --------------96F33AAE31F6E567844CB6EB-- - 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/