Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: + clocksource-increase-initcall-priority.patch added to -mm tree | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Date | Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:53:54 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 07:50 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 12:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 10:06 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 18:53 -0700, akpm@osdl.org wrote: > > > > Since it's likely that this interface would get used during bootup I moved all > > > > the clocksource registration into the postcore initcall. This also eliminated > > > > some clocksource shuffling during bootup. > > > > > > We had the init call in postcore already. John moved it to module init > > > to eliminate trouble with unsynced / unstable TSCs, IIRC. > > > > > > John, can you please comment on this. > > > > It also breaks pmtimer. > > OGAWA reported this already. It breaks the case when there is a verified > read needed, instead of the fast read. I'll fix it.
I'd like to know, why we need to move that and you did not explain _why_ it is likely that it is used during bootup.
tglx
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