Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762752AbXFERBv (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:01:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754827AbXFERBo (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:01:44 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:44793 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754752AbXFERBo (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:01:44 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:58:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: dean gaudet cc: Chris Wright , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, Andi Kleen , Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Thomas Gleixner , guilherme@centralinf.com.br, johnstul@us.ibm.com Subject: Re: [patch 43/69] i386: HPET, check if the counter works In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20070521191612.800400000@sous-sol.org> <20070521191740.534306000@sous-sol.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 630 Lines: 17 On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, dean gaudet wrote: > > the HPET specification allows for HPETs with *much* lower resolution than > 50us. in fact Fmin is 10Hz iirc. (sorry to jump in so late, but i'm > about a month behind on the list.) Well, for such a broken HPET, the right thing to do is to just not use it, so who cares? It might as well be considered non-incrementing at all. Linus - 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/