Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030570AbXBFX2i (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:28:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030572AbXBFX2i (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:28:38 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:39015 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030570AbXBFX2g (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:28:36 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:28:28 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Daniel Walker Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3 Message-ID: <20070206232828.GA21969@elte.hu> References: <20070206210959.GC25430@elte.hu> <1170796999.3455.43.camel@dwalker1> <20070206214131.GA1176@elte.hu> <1170798879.3455.58.camel@dwalker1> <20070206220855.GB5109@elte.hu> <1170801742.3455.87.camel@dwalker1> <20070206225650.GA14853@elte.hu> <1170803070.3455.93.camel@dwalker1> <20070206231421.GA18654@elte.hu> <1170804177.3455.109.camel@dwalker1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1170804177.3455.109.camel@dwalker1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -5.3 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-5.3 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 38 * Daniel Walker wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 00:14 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Daniel Walker wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 23:56 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > changing the current 'timer' entry (which is line 2 of /proc/interrupts) > > > > to be 'listed as lapic-timer' and to 'replace it with the count from > > > > LOC' is faking a count in a line where nothing like that should be. > > > > > > This point is getting irrelevant .. > > > > it is very much relevant: faking a count is something we /dont/ want > > to do with /proc/interrupts, for (very) basic compatibility, > > simplicity and policy reasons. And that is precisely what your > > suggestion was to 'solve' this supposed 'problem' - so it's very > > much relevant. > > As I said you are misunderstanding me .. which is why this is not > relevant any more .. actually, i quoted what you said: | If we change the current "timer" entry to be listed as "lapic-timer" | and not "IO-APIC-edge" (or one of the other names) and replace it with | the count from LOC this is a pretty clear sentence, i dont think i misunderstood anything about it. If i did, please point it out specifically. Ingo - 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/