Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751892AbXBFMaZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:30:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751914AbXBFMaZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:30:25 -0500 Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:3053 "EHLO mail.muc.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751892AbXBFMaY (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:30:24 -0500 Date: 6 Feb 2007 13:30:23 +0100 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:30:23 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Zachary Amsden Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Rusty Russell , Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Chris Wright Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/11] Fix PIT override bug for paravirt Message-ID: <20070206123023.GE47229@muc.de> References: <200702060353.l163r2hU000745@zach-dev.vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200702060353.l163r2hU000745@zach-dev.vmware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 627 Lines: 16 On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 07:53:02PM -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote: > The time initialization changed for i386 when some code moved into time_init. > This made it no longer possible to override the PIT / HPET, which broke > paravirt guests. Looks still fragile. Can this be done cleaner? In particularly some comments would be good, but clearer code logic would be preferred. -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/