Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:08:21 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com, lethal@linux-sh.org,
       tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: add enable() and disable() callbacks
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:49:09 +0900 Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
> 
> Add enable() and disable() callbacks for clocksources. This allows
> us to put unused clocksources in power save mode. The functions
> clocksource_enable() and clocksource_disable() wrap the callbacks
> and are inserted in the timekeeping code to enable before use and
> disable after switching to a new clocksource.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  Same as before, but applies on top of the new read() patch.

I asusme we'll be seeing some patches which _use_ these changes?
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