From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030682AbXDJWkH (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:40:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030616AbXDJWkH (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:40:07 -0400 Received: from 216-99-217-87.dsl.aracnet.com ([216.99.217.87]:39036 "EHLO sous-sol.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030682AbXDJWkD (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:40:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:38:12 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Zachary Amsden Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Chris Wright , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , Rusty Russell , Virtualization Mailing List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Dan Hecht , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/10] Vmi timer update.patch Message-ID: <20070410223812.GT10574@sequoia.sous-sol.org> References: <200704100006.l3A06RUR020644@zach-dev.vmware.com> <20070410023702.GJ10574@sequoia.sous-sol.org> <461BC373.10306@vmware.com> <20070410172429.GN10574@sequoia.sous-sol.org> <461C084C.9020009@vmware.com> <461C0CB4.9000407@goop.org> <461C0F76.1070308@vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <461C0F76.1070308@vmware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote: > Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > >Why not submit a patch to do what you need here? (The Geode comment is > >a bit worrying though.) > > Why should VMI add workaround into PIT code? I'm not sure it's a workaround, seems more like a subtle diff (perhaps it's just an oversight). I need to rectify it anyway when merging in the x86_64 version. It's the way the x86_64 code is working already. Shutdown for most clockevents tells device to stop ticking.