* Christian Hesse <mail@earthworm.de> [050602 01:31]:
> On Thursday 02 June 2005 03:36, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Here's an updated version of the dynamic tick patch.
> >
> > It's mostly clean-up and it's now using the standard
> > monotonic_clock() functions as suggested by John Stultz.
> >
> > Please let me know of any issues with the patch. I'll continue to do
> > more clean-up on it, but I think the basic functionality is done.
> 
> I would like to test it, but have some trouble. The patch applies cleanly and 
> everything compiles fine, but linking fails:
> 
> # ld -m elf_i386  -R arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-syms.o -r -o 
> arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o arch/i386/kernel/process.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.o arch/i386/kernel/signal.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/entry.o arch/i386/kernel/traps.o arch/i386/kernel/irq.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/vm86.o arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.o arch/i386/kernel/time.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/ioport.o arch/i386/kernel/ldt.o arch/i386/kernel/setup.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/i8259.o arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/pci-dma.o arch/i386/kernel/i386_ksyms.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/i387.o arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/bootflag.o arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/quirks.o arch/i386/kernel/cpu/built-in.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/timers/built-in.o arch/i386/kernel/acpi/built-in.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/reboot.o arch/i386/kernel/module.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.o arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.o 
> arch/i386/kernel/dyn-tick.o arch/i386/kernel/early_printk.o
> arch/i386/kernel/irq.o: In function `reprogram_apic_timer':
> irq.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `reprogram_apic_timer'
> arch/i386/kernel/process.o:process.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here
> arch/i386/kernel/time.o: In function `reprogram_apic_timer':
> time.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `reprogram_apic_timer'
> arch/i386/kernel/process.o:process.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here
> arch/i386/kernel/dyn-tick.o: In function `reprogram_apic_timer':
> dyn-tick.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `reprogram_apic_timer'
> arch/i386/kernel/process.o:process.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here

Should be fixed now, the header was defining it as a function un UP
system with no local apic. Can you try the following version?

Tony