Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Turn rdmsr, rdtsc into inline functions, clarify names | | Date | Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:43:44 -0400 |
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On Saturday 05 August 2006 23:16, Andi Kleen wrote: > This whole thing is broken, e.g. on a preemptive kernel when the > code can switch CPUs >
Would not preempt_disable fix that?
> Dmitry, I would suggest to convert it over to do_gettimeofday and remove > all the architecture ifdefs. > > Or maybe just remove it completely. Who cares about the speed of a gameport > anyways? And why can't they measure it in user space? >
Analog driver uses it to adjust timing. Vojtech should have more background on that..
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