Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 May 2011 22:15:12 +0100 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ARM: twd: Adjust localtimer frequency withcpufreqnotifiers |
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On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:59:20PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: > This patch is interesting because it uses calc_mult_shift() and the current > localtimer driver for TWD (arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c) still uses hardcoded > mult+shift.
I don't think there's any reason it uses a hard coded shift, just that's what was the norm when the code was originally written. It (and many other clock event code) probably could do with an update.
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