| Date | Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:50:56 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 14/23] clocksource: increase initcall priority |
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* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> -module_init(init_acpi_pm_clocksource); > +/* > + * This clocksource is removed from the clocksource_initcall > + * macro since it's mandatory for it to be in fs_initcall as the > + * highest initcall level, or else it doesn't work properly with > + * it's PCI fix ups. > + */ > +fs_initcall(init_acpi_pm_clocksource);
ugh - this bit looks quite interesting.
what's the purpose of this patch? Switching to high-res timers should be done late in the bootup - in case there's a problem it's more debuggable, etc.
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