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From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:00:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2004.06.27.12.00.03.857572@smurf.noris.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040627000541.GA13325@taniwha.stupidest.org>

Hi, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:54:38PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
>> For most uses jiffies should die. If drivers could not access jiffies
>> except by a (possibly trivial) helper then it would be a huge step
>> closer to being able to run embedded linux without a continually running
>> timer.
> 
> I'm all for that, except last I counted there are about 5000 users of
> jiffies.  What do you suggest as a replacement API?

<heretic>

#define jiffies __get_jiffies()

</heretic>

-- 
Matthias Urlichs


  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-27 12:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-26 16:08 James Bottomley
2004-06-26 16:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 16:44   ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 16:46   ` James Bottomley
2004-06-26 16:54     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 17:18       ` James Bottomley
2004-06-26 18:01         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 18:28           ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-06-26 18:54             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 19:02               ` James Bottomley
2004-06-26 19:13                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 19:13               ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-06-26 18:59           ` James Bottomley
2004-06-26 19:11             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 19:33               ` James Bottomley
2004-06-28 23:16           ` Jonathan Lundell
2004-07-01 13:11       ` Pavel Machek
2004-07-01 14:07         ` [parisc-linux] " Alan Cox
2004-07-01 16:15           ` Linus Torvalds
2004-07-01 16:52             ` Jeff Garzik
2004-07-01 17:42               ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 22:18   ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-26 22:48     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-26 22:54       ` [parisc-linux] " Alan Cox
2004-06-27  0:05         ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-27 12:00           ` Matthias Urlichs [this message]
2004-06-27 22:41             ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-28  1:24               ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-06-28  5:42                 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-28  6:55                   ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-06-28  7:02                     ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-28  7:19                       ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-06-27 14:37           ` Alan Cox
2004-07-01 13:33             ` Pavel Machek
2004-07-01 17:43               ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-26 23:37       ` jiffies_64 Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-27  1:55       ` more (insane) jiffies ranting Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-27 17:39         ` Linus Torvalds

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