Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3 | From | Daniel Walker <> | Date | Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:55:39 -0800 |
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On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 20:07 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 10:45 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: > > > > -rt tree also .. I haven't done a bisect , but I'm assuming this is HRT > > > > related .. > > > > > > And why should it increment ? Is there a rule that it has to ? > > > > I don't know .. I would imagine some users might look at it and wonder > > why there timer isn't ticking (I know it actually is ticking , but they > > don't), when it has is every other kernel. > > What kind of artificial problem are you creating here ?
I'm not trying to create anything .. However, as I said before the /proc/interrupts "timer" entry doesn't work the same as it has in other kernels.
If you think that isn't a problem then explain why ..
> > We could just remove the timer entry . > > No we can't. The timer interrupt is setup and it does not go away, as we > keep the PIT as a backup for the broken lapics.
Ok, how about adding the interrupts to the list which are driving the timer ?
Daniel
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