Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759744AbYGAO1a (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:27:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756045AbYGAO1V (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:27:21 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:47776 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755803AbYGAO1U (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:27:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:26:43 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Florian Fainelli Cc: Michael Buesch , tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel , the arch/x86 maintainers Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: Add user configurable GPIO-lib support Message-ID: <20080701142643.GA20414@elte.hu> References: <200807011249.40551.mb@bu3sch.de> <20080701110436.GA32365@elte.hu> <200807011455.56273.florian.fainelli@telecomint.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200807011455.56273.florian.fainelli@telecomint.eu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 21 * Florian Fainelli wrote: > > ... once that is made dynamic/quirkable we are there. > > Yes, I did not have time to investigate this, and am still wondering > if we can have dynamic tick rate settings in early board setup code. well, does the system have any early boot detectable property? Such as a DMI signature? That way there would not be anything truly dynamic about the PIT rate - we'd just set a new pit_tick_rate variable to a non-default value very early during bootup, on an RDC system. On usual PCs it would stay unmodified, at the default 1193182 value. 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/