Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758777AbXEOWGX (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 18:06:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755222AbXEOWGQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 18:06:16 -0400 Received: from www.osadl.org ([213.239.205.134]:42892 "EHLO mail.tglx.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754996AbXEOWGQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 18:06:16 -0400 Subject: Re: clockevent questions From: Thomas Gleixner To: Francis Moreau Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar In-Reply-To: <38b2ab8a0705150147s4ce72914qfa30d543ed8a4839@mail.gmail.com> References: <38b2ab8a0705120754l281f54eevd1e91e2f01fff6f2@mail.gmail.com> <1178982892.22481.183.camel@localhost.localdomain> <38b2ab8a0705121313k37be467cy55402b490101ac9c@mail.gmail.com> <1179001391.22481.216.camel@localhost.localdomain> <38b2ab8a0705150147s4ce72914qfa30d543ed8a4839@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 00:10:14 +0200 Message-Id: <1179267014.12838.38.camel@chaos> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 622 Lines: 18 Francis, On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 10:47 +0200, Francis Moreau wrote: > My question is about the clock resolution field which is equal to 1ns. > How is this possible since my timer's frequency is only 100Mhz ? you are right. It is a bit strange. The resolution info is not really reflecting the clock event source capability. I look if there is a sane solution for that. tglx - 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/