Messages in this thread | | | From | "Matthias Urlichs" <> | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:19:32 +0200 | Subject | Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite |
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Hi,
Chris Wedgwood: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 08:55:08AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > However, going over 5000 jiffies usages and re-doing all of them > > doesn't happen overnight, and I do suspect that some people want > > their embedded clockless systems to run Linux 2.4 or 2.6, rather > > than 2.8... > > Such (embedded) hardware uses a very small percentage of the drivers > we have in the tree, changing them as required seems quite sane and > manageable in 2.7.x time-frame. > ... especially since the 2.7 time-frame hasn't even started yet.
> I also do see why clock-less has to be embedded only, I suspect maybe > the s390 could make use of this too? (Think of lots of mostly-idle > Linux instances under VM). > True. The same argument holds for "real" Linux systems, which could easily sit in HLT for hours instead of twiddling their thumbs $KERNEL_HZ times per second.
> And, it's a 'new feature' so if people need to upgrade, then Life is > tough. How sad.
I'm not contradicting you here. In fact, I seem to have taken the <heretic> somewhat further than originally intended. :-/
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