Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: NO_HZ Kconfig rework | From | Daniel Walker <> | Date | Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:22:01 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 11:42 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Mon 2006-06-26 09:16:37, Daniel Walker wrote: > > I got NO_HZ working on ARM, but because the ARM tree already > > extensively implements NO_IDLE_HZ I had to make NO_HZ a > > completely seprate option. > > So... what is the difference between NO_HZ and NO_IDLE_HZ?
NO_HZ is a generic version of dynamic tick. NO_IDLE_HZ has some generic parts but is mostly implemented by the architecture. In this case ARM fully implements NO_IDLE_HZ, which then collides with NO_HZ if they depend on each other.
Daniel
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