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SubjectRe: [PATCH 14/23] clocksource: increase initcall priority
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On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 16:15 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > clocksource_initcall is simply superfluid.
>
> My position has always been that clocksources should be registered as
> early as possible .. The fs_initcall() usage is a compromise stemming
> from early resistance that John, and you gave to moving the clocks up in
> the initcall sequence.

No. I never objected against the registering of clocks at any given
time. Why would I have otherwise accepted ARM patches, which register
their clocksources in the early timer init ?

The only concern I had and still have is when we decide to use something
else than the "safe" heaven of jiffies.

tglx


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