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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 0/4] timers: Timer migration
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:12:39 +0530
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>
> Here's a brief introduction as to why we need timer migration.
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as I've said before, for reducing power consumption I don't buy into
needing this concept....

If you have high frequency timers, you've lost no matter what (and we
fixed almost all of them in the ecosystem); if you don't have those
then this patch doesn't really add anything.
(and the range-hrtimers fixes the intermediate state)

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