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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/5] generic clocksource updates
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On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:00 +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > > - int is_continuous;
> >
> > This field was introduced to have a clear property description. The
> > rating field might be used for this, but from a given rating on a
> > particular CPU architecture it might be hard to deduce whether this
> > clock source is good enough so we can switch to high resolution timer
> > mode.
>
> Currently this field isn't needed and as soon we have a need for it, we
> can add proper capability information.

Is there a reason, why requirements which are known from existing
experience must be discarded to be reintroduced later ?

tglx


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