Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758207AbYG2V1e (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:27:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754234AbYG2V10 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:27:26 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:37411 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754061AbYG2V1Z (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:27:25 -0400 Message-ID: <488F8B1B.3080500@kernel.org> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:26:51 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Linux Kernel Organization, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Brownell CC: Clemens Ladisch , lkml , bob.picco@hp.com, venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com, Vojtech Pavlik , the arch/x86 maintainers Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.26] /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup References: <200807221508.56672.david-b@pacbell.net> <200807230912.49850.david-b@pacbell.net> <4888691D.5090307@ladisch.de> <200807251255.35675.david-b@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <200807251255.35675.david-b@pacbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 578 Lines: 17 David Brownell wrote: > > On x86_64 the vsyscall stuff should kick in for gettimeofday() > when HPET is in use, eliminating the need for /dev/hpet mmapping. > > I don't really know vsyscalls ... but if that could be done on > i386 systems, the last argument for /dev/hpet would seem gone... > i386 already uses vsyscalls. -hpa -- 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/