From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1767159AbXCIKy3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 05:54:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1767165AbXCIKy3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 05:54:29 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:41327 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1767159AbXCIKy2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 05:54:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:53:43 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: David Miller Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4]: [SPARC64]: Add clocksource/clockevents support. Message-ID: <20070309105343.GA10687@elte.hu> References: <20070305.213759.35469392.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070305.213759.35469392.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.1.7 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * David Miller wrote: > >From 1171ef62b18d7eef093ecf961dd09b11339d53d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: David S. Miller > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:28:37 -0800 > Subject: [PATCH] [SPARC64]: Add clocksource/clockevents support. > > I'd like to thank John Stul and others for helping me along the way. > > A lot of cleanups fell out of this. For example, the get_compare() > tick_op was totally unused, so was deleted. And the most often used > tick_op members were grouped together for cache-friendlyness. cool stuff! It's really gratifying to see that you were able to two new major features on Sparc64 (CONFIG_NO_HZ and CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS) via: > 7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 172 deletions(-) > 4 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 230 deletions(-) so it's in fact a net removal of code! I think this really demonstrates the power of unified frameworks. Ingo