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Subject: Re: [tip:timers/urgent] clockevents: tTack broadcast device mode
 change in tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot()
From: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
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On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 09:27 +0800, Alex Shi wrote:
> This patch recovered the loopback netperf testing on NHM machine, but
> on SNB machine, It isn't need a broadcost timer at all.
> 
> Do you think it is better to remove oneshot broadcast on WSM/SNB machine?

on WSM/SNB, we already don't use broadcast timer and always use
apictimer instead.

thanks,
suresh