Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3
From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
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To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:56:18 -0800
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On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 21:52 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> Well, if you enable dynticks you should expect the number of timer irqs 
> to go down. There's no problem here.

Ok .

> > The reason that I'm bringing it up at all is because people have ask 
> > me "Why isn't my timer ticking??"
> 
> it's quite easy to explain: because of the new dynticks feature. Both 
> 'timer' and 'LOC' counts go way down.

I don't have that enabled tho .. This is with HRT/dynamic tick both
off..


Daniel

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