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    SubjectRe: [patch-mm 00/28] High resolution timer updates and x86_64 support - V3
    On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:32:25 -0000 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

    > The following patch series contains:
    >
    > - dyntick bugfixes for -mm (caused by the cpuidle changes in ACPI)
    >
    > - updates and improvements to high resolution timer / dynticks
    >
    > - high resolution timer / dynticks support for x86_64

    Blam. http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/hpet-crash.jpg

    time_init() is called before slab is set up. We cannot do memory
    allocations inside time_init().

    > The patch set has been tested in the -hrt and -rt trees for quite a while
    > and the initial problems have been sorted out. Thanks to the folks from the
    > PowerTop project for testing and feedback.

    hrm. Looks like none of your testers have HPET_ID_LEGSUP hardware. This:

    --- a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c~a
    +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
    @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int __init hpet_enable(void)

    clocksource_register(&clocksource_hpet);

    - if (id & HPET_ID_LEGSUP) {
    + if (0 && (id & HPET_ID_LEGSUP)) {
    hpet_enable_int();
    hpet_reserve_platform_timers(id);
    /*
    _
    gets it working. It basically nobbles the hpet and the kernel chose the
    TSC clocksource instead.


    btw, if you want to know why I go on and on about crappy commenting, try to
    work out from the kernel source code what HPET_ID_LEGSUP is, and why it
    gets special treatment. It is not possible. This is not maintainable
    code.

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