Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] generic clocksource updates | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Date | Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:32:24 +0200 |
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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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